Facing East
2007 or 2008
"Let's just pretend it's make believe
Sit in the chairs and never leave
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Catalinas shade us from lines
On tables and in sky
Now it's time to raise the tide
Here no need to disguise
​
Locked wooden doors
One pair torn jeans
Flashes remain
A reason to purge...
Habit of mine
You were so kind
Better this way
Now I must
​
What if I had seen you here? May be you -
Wouldn'ta left your bed so cold, for mom, to find.
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Angela I see you in pointe shoes
You always were the star
And off you went to make the news
So sad you'd come so far
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Cold stone grey walls
Orange cotton shirts
Hospital beds
A reason to purge
Habit of mine
You were so kind
Better this way
Now I must
​
I greet the seven directions
The grounding of one stone
Never knew my shadow so well
As standing facing east
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Habit of mine
You were so kind
Better this way
Now I must say"
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- "Facing East" (2007 or 2008) by Kelly Alexandra Hoff
(might have been written April 15, 2008)