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I Looked Away

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I saw a songbird in the sky
I looked away,
when I looked back
A hawk had it.

I left my ice cream in the sun.
I looked away.
When I looked back
It had melted

I had you for awhile
But I looked away.
When I looked back
You were gone

March 2017

Garry Rowlands

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Topic(s) of this poem: loss,love,reflecting,reflection,sad

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Life is fleeting, pleasures come and go in an instant. Appreciate the moment and live in the now.
This could be a happy poem. It is better to hve lovd and lost....

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