Pretend

Pretend Pretend that you didn’t have a twin sister Who lived in a little flat Pretend there weren’t bright flower pots outside Where in summertime, she sat Pretend that she didn’t have two tiny dogs Who accompanied her everywhere Pretend that she didn’t bask in the sun Atop that beautiful field over there Pretend that there wasn’t a little shop Where she liked to buy sweet candles Pretend she didn’t suffer from an illness That -even you- could not handle Pretend that you didn’t lose her forever And that in the woods you walk Pretend that you sit on your bench together Laugh gregariously and talk Pretend that you could have saved her That you had visited her that day Pretend that you had helped her And that she would still be here today