A Poem - FINISHED

Finished

That I returned
Carries a different meaning
Like Abiku,
I’m not here to stay
I came that together
You and I
Can burn out
The leftovers of our union
Then when I leave
There will be no pieces
Of you hanging
Anywhere around me.

Dec. 2006.

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