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Published: 2014-10-07 21:18:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 857; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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Description I saved the important stuff;
the scarf-blanket you knit me
before your fingers quit working,
your favorite book with its
    w  o  r  n  p  a  g  e  s
and
    f a d e d w o r d s.
I saved your smile and the way your
lips look when you say my name.

I filed them away with good
intentions, missed opportunities,
and wishes, and placed everything
in a jar, to keep for a rainy day
like the ones you used to love
        (like the me you used to love).

But the way your skin felt floats
away on the wind,
                         like your words
of farewell on the last day I saw you.
    I can't remember the shape of
your face, the angle of your lips,
the p r e c i s e way you wouldn't let
go of your
          twisted
accent.

I can't         quite         recall
the timbre of your laugh, or
the squirm that accompanied
your response to a flat instrument,

and

it's killing me softly,
                            one
                                  raindrop
                                               of
                                                   memory

                at a time.
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Comments: 36

Lady-Yume [2014-10-26 15:29:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh, this is simply amazing! Would never have guessed it to be a collab

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LionesseRampant In reply to Lady-Yume [2014-10-28 06:39:42 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you!

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Lady-Yume In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-28 19:27:34 +0000 UTC]

You know I mean it

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LionesseRampant In reply to Lady-Yume [2014-11-05 20:43:10 +0000 UTC]

I do.

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LadyBrookeCelebwen [2014-10-12 19:48:45 +0000 UTC]

I really, really like this one. It's got such a sense of longing and loss in it. You two did a wonderful job on this collab.

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LionesseRampant In reply to LadyBrookeCelebwen [2014-10-13 00:19:05 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad you think so, hon!

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Tyrison [2014-10-11 04:05:36 +0000 UTC]

D'aww...I love it and you.

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LionesseRampant In reply to Tyrison [2014-10-13 00:19:37 +0000 UTC]

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Tyrison In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-13 11:52:05 +0000 UTC]

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LionesseRampant In reply to Tyrison [2014-10-15 00:10:45 +0000 UTC]

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Amarantheans [2014-10-08 23:14:11 +0000 UTC]

very lovely

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LionesseRampant In reply to Amarantheans [2014-10-13 00:20:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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shep4life [2014-10-08 17:56:12 +0000 UTC]

This is stunning

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LionesseRampant In reply to shep4life [2014-10-13 00:20:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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shep4life In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-13 17:44:45 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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chromeantennae [2014-10-08 06:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful, wonderful!

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LionesseRampant In reply to chromeantennae [2014-10-13 00:20:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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chromeantennae In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-13 00:39:25 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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LionesseRampant In reply to chromeantennae [2014-10-15 00:09:40 +0000 UTC]

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chromeantennae In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-15 00:10:37 +0000 UTC]

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d-e-l-e-t-e-d [2014-10-08 06:12:39 +0000 UTC]

Mmm. This reminds me of musty days spent in between bookshelves trying to find lost things.

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LionesseRampant In reply to d-e-l-e-t-e-d [2014-10-13 00:20:45 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad!

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lilfixit [2014-10-08 04:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Interesting. You two seem to work well together.

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LionesseRampant In reply to lilfixit [2014-10-13 00:23:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad!

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TheChesherCat [2014-10-08 01:56:44 +0000 UTC]

Lovely! Did you trade off stanzas? Lines? Ideas?

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LionesseRampant In reply to TheChesherCat [2014-10-13 00:21:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! We traded stanzas, with me starting it.

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TheChesherCat In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-13 03:01:36 +0000 UTC]

Well, it's awesome

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LionesseRampant In reply to TheChesherCat [2014-10-15 00:10:35 +0000 UTC]

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Haru2001 [2014-10-07 23:06:58 +0000 UTC]

Another good one!

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LionesseRampant In reply to Haru2001 [2014-10-13 00:23:40 +0000 UTC]

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Garrison-Kelly [2014-10-07 21:28:22 +0000 UTC]

You and Tyrison are a literary match made in heaven! This is wonderfully written!

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LionesseRampant In reply to Garrison-Kelly [2014-10-13 00:23:54 +0000 UTC]

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Garrison-Kelly In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-13 01:34:13 +0000 UTC]

Such a cute emoticon.

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LionesseRampant In reply to Garrison-Kelly [2014-10-15 00:10:28 +0000 UTC]

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Garrison-Kelly In reply to LionesseRampant [2014-10-15 01:04:04 +0000 UTC]

Even cuter! ^_^

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LionesseRampant In reply to Garrison-Kelly [2014-10-18 20:22:06 +0000 UTC]

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