Eclipse

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We escaped the city to catch the eclipse

And hugged at the moment of totality, brushed each other’s lips.

I held you close, a minute, maybe three

Whispered words in your ear, meaningful to me.

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Sometimes at night I think back to that day

The hungry anticipation, the slow sliding away.

I still recall words, left unspoken

So many promises, promises broken.

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Planets spin through the heavens, distant and cold

The youth we take for granted withers, grows old.

But the memory of that day stays in my mind

A passing fugitive dream, pale, bright and fine.​

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