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Kathy Hummer

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

4 poems·Since August 2016
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Memories

August 30, 2016

As the ocean began to swallow me

I remembered

Our first kiss

The way my parents were proud

How much I loved the outdoors

My first trip to my dream state

The first real friend I ever had

The memories that made me who I am.

As the ocean dragged the last breath from me

I remembered

Our last kiss

The way my parents were disappointed

How the world took my trees

That trip when I realized it was just us

When I lost my best friend

The memories that destroyed who I was.

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