Prompted: I Suspect She Is Far Away From Here By Now

SPAM prompt line: I suspect she is far away from here by now.

November 17, 2007

 

Think back to a time of departure, when someone was traveling out of your life, either temporarily or for good. The someone doesn’t have to be female, and it doesn’t have to be at Thanksgiving or any other holiday. The point is to evoke and explore that sense of distance.

Now

 



I used to be a dreamer

One who thought life could only get better

Instead things only became harder

And I became bitter

 

Remembering how things once were

Made the present unbearable

Made any talks of future a waste of time

Kept me searching only for a way out

 

Now only a shell of my former self

 I still remember what used to be

The old me was a dreamer

But I suspect she is far away from here by now

 

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