My Sweetest Joy

A look
from you and
suddenly my
mind just isn’t
the same

It empties
out, erases
blank, and then
it pictures you

But when
you’re gone
the feeling leaves
as suddenly as
it came

My mind
comes back,
your picture’s
gone, my sweet
joy is through
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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September 23, 2013 at 12:32 AM
Awwww....how sweet and sad. Soo cute and innocent...love it!
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