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5 Years


5 years.
 
5 years and I forget your smile,
Your eyes,
Your laugh.
 
5 years,
And I can’t get any of it back.
I’ll pretend I don’t feel a hole in my heart,
From the last time you left, 
But you’ve been gone now,
5 years.
 
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