Tiny eyes wide and skybound, watching clouds roll by in an endless procession, rain threatening from afar, but far removed.
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Rites of passage all gone by in a flurry of laughter and tears, bike scrapes and bottle rocket burns.
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Teacher sits you down and pastor stands you up, but neither tell you what you want to hear.
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Playing on blacktop you know is cracked beyond repair, the older kids peddling their switchblades and cigarettes.
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A baby bird in the street, cars barely miss, the kids make fun but you care.
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Chemicals swishing all around your body haphazardly, sending that girl you know into another light.
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Heartbreak’s first real bite as she gets away, your ulterior teenage motives on display.
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Desperation to fit in as the seasons pass by in their staggered steps.
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A tryout session, but your stomach drops at “let’s just be friends.”
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Graduation’s here, all unreal–she’s moving away and so are you.
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Life drips by and hangs on slowly without her there.
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A blink and you’re done again, into the unknown.
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A phone call late at night, fingers crossed.
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Lunch goes well, is this a date?
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Days turn into weeks and months.
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A ring is shakily offered.
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She actually says yes.
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Now it’s just.
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You and.
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Her.
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Liza Olson 