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i know i'm late, so here's a picnic basket to make up for it

There is something so 
sad about fireworks. 
They're so flashy, 
pretty, and exciting, 
but as they fade it
makes you feel sort 
of lonely. 

Afterall, they're 
nothing more than 
a semi-permanent 
spark intended to 
entertain for a 
semi-permanent 
moment. 

The people that 
come into our lives 
are a lot like the 
fireworks: 

flashy, pretty, 
exciting.

Then 
we blink, 
and they 
fade. 

There is 
something so 
sad about fireworks. 

And there is 
something so 
lonely about being 
forced to participate  
in an event that you 
know isn't going to 
last forever. 

Bittersweet flash, 
bittersweet fade, 
bittersweet everything.

Copyright © Alijah Rivers

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