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Let Me Pretend
Dear Fans, Friends, Family and Followers,
We lose those we love, over and over again. Every time we think of them, are reminded by a fragrance, a sound, a song, a touch - we experience them all over again.
Many of you have lost loved ones. So many have lost your life partners, just as I have. I understand. I also understand the plea we make in the dark - I know it is just pretend, but please, let me pretend...
This rhyming story is written for you, inspired by you, and I hope gives you an idea of how many of us exist right along side of you - just wanting to keep on pretending.
There's a silence, a hush, a whisper, then it's gone. Thought I heard you crying, you must know that I'm dying inside of this emptiness. Something is wrong...
Something is wrong.
The air carries a memory; I can smell your fragrance. Reminds me of subtleties, those little cruelties. Out here I am nothing. Invisible vagrants...
Invisible vagrants.
I see you standing near the door, I’m crawling 'cross the floor, what am I reaching for? I've been looking everywhere... I can't see you anymore...
You're not there.
I'll understand, I won't ask you where you've been. Come lay close to me, I'll touch you tenderly. Yes, I know this is to pretend...
Please let me pretend.
Just let me close my eyes and feel you here, play with the curls in your hair, touch you everywhere... before you disappear.
I watched you disappear.
M TERESA CLAYTON
