A Journey Into Yesterday’s Nightmare to Change Fate

If time were a gift
I would open it like the Christmas kind
with smiles, laughter, and joy
but still, I would make a wish, as if Santa would answer,
I would wish to change something
Perhaps my siblings' fate
I would tell her young self to love less
I would be a bit rude to her, so that
she may learn that love is not of existence
I would erase the word love from
her completely
and maybe then, when I come back, she wouldn't be fooled by it
by its wrapped, faded beauty
and somehow we could still be friends
and I could still call her sister
and maybe  she will learn from her memories
that even hurt can be for the better.
For as long as her breath brushes my ear like a breeze,
for as long as she is alive, her existence will forever be the greatest gift.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Kendrick Avatar
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Creative one. It is sad to lose someone under any circumstances but under bad circumstances it seems to hurt more. Sara K
Bartley Avatar
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is wonderful. This may qualify for Tom Woody's contest. You may want to enter it, if you haven't already.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thank you so much for your kind words about the poem! I really appreciate you suggesting the contest; I checked it out, and I've entered it.
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