by Anika Van Boerum

Created on: November 25, 2010

Am I supposed to know you?

Are we supposed to meet?

Do you want to know me?

Can I even compete

with the rest of the people

you have known throughout your life?

Do you have a husband?

Do you have a wife?

Are there children in your future?

Who is in your past?

If you step into my life,

for how long will it last?

Forever’s not an option

We only last so long

But, perhaps I’ll live forever

if you put me in a song

It’s so peculiar how we move,

together and apart,

all of us dancing

to the beat of one, lone heart…

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