Sarah
My god! Is that you, Sarah?
I haven’t seen you in twelve years
and we’ve only been living seventeen.
Isn’t life hard? How’s it been for you?
I want to hear what happened to that
yellow jacket that flew around your garage door
and filled my tiny soul full of fear.
I want to hear what your parents thought
when you pushed me off the dock into the lake,
and I sputtered around under the surface until
some heavenly hand reached in and fished me out.
I want to know if you remember
what we did alone in my room upstairs.
I want to know the story of your
every waking moment since that
spring afternoon we waved goodbye
and almost never saw each other again.
Copyright © Jesse Jones | Year Posted 2007
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