You Were Here, poetry written by Alan David Gould at Spillwords.com
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You Were Here

You Were Here

written by: Alan David Gould

 

Though the space you occupied
has no remaining evidence of your presence,
you were here with us
and your vitality filled these rooms

Your laughter permeated our beings,
we are changed forever

We think of your conversation
The sound of your voice
The person you were at this magic moment
never to be regained,
never duplicated,
never again

Oh, we spoke about next time, yet we all knew
there was only this time
and the house is thick with it
as if it were a river flowing through us
in the still of early morning

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