When I Was Finally Ready

Like a balloon

Pumped up beyond its capacity,

Our feelings grew

Until it bursted out of our control

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Like a bubble

That never fails to make me smile,

You disappeared so soon

With no trace, as if you never happened

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Like a song

Played on repeat in my mind,

Your smile, your laugh,

I long for every minute since you were gone

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And like everybody else

I invested myself to

You left me so suddenly

Worse, when I was finally ready