All at once, and lightly,
I kissed you three times.
You hid your face against me
in the following, frightening moment.
I asked myself the worth of it
and you ran out the door.
You and I both waved goodbye,
but you wouldn't let me see you.
All at once, it took me
one lapse in breathing
to collapse from weakness
in the knees, and from
the certainty I'd never see you again.
I loved, and I lost a friend.
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