"The Year You Were Mine"

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Hillbilly Smiles

by Jeph Johnson

 

the winter sun 

counts the hours 

with its light, 

we draw closer 

to the end 

of the year

 

the clock ticks 

its last 

at midnight 

and the year 

you were mine 

disappears

 

fireworks 

light up

the night, 

exposing 

eyes filled 

with my tears

 

the sky is

still blazing 

with light 

as the year 

you were mine 

disappears

 

the snow turns

the landscape 

to white

like the blank page

my emptiness 

mirrors

 

I wonder 

if next year 

we might 

for the year 

you were mine's

disappeared

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

for Teresa, 1997, 2017

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