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Summer Bay

You used to wear white vans 
With names scrawled 
From your last day of school
You used to laugh
And crinkled up your nose
You and me
We used to own
Spiral tie dye magic
And I made you a swing
Hanging from the tree in your yard
We rode our bike through puddles
When it rained
And lived for the smell of the soaked earth
Laughed at the water droplets on our faces
We shared lives
And you took mine
When you said goodbye
And I tried to say hello 
But you shut it out with your new friends 
Adjusted your music 
And walked away.
To the door of your red brick house.

You never looked back.

Copyright © Iris Blade | Year Posted 2017

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Darren White Date: 5/16/2017 2:53:00 AM What a beautiful poem, it's so incredibly well written. It has a quiet, stilled sadness in it, and so much pain. Login to Reply Iris Blade Date: 5/16/2017 12:03:00 PM Thank you. That reflected my emotion writing it at the time, a kind of sad acceptance but not a willing one. It felt like we were miles away from each other but physically we used to live in the same neighborhood.

Heidi Sands Date: 5/15/2017 5:01:00 PM Wow Iris. This is so well expressed. I love how you wrote it to show the reader with the details of the times shared and it is so sad! Very well written Login to Reply Iris Blade Date: 5/16/2017 12:00:00 PM Thank you! It was a sad point in my childhood, the loss of a kindred spirit. We had a lot of times shared and it was painful to see her go.

Chris Green Date: 5/15/2017 1:45:00 PM Very sad Iris. Those memories, the good times, the fun and the laughter all of it gone in a flash. You have expressed these feelings nicely. Login to Reply Iris Blade Date: 5/16/2017 11:33:00 AM When I was a little kid I had a best friend that just let things go and ignored me from then on. It's a sad story. Thank you for reading and commenting.