Till it's Gone

by [pens&feathers]

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The city keeps on rolling outside the window, but within these four walls everything remains forever the same. As long as I keep your picture in a frame by my bed a part of me believes a part of you never died.

The whole world is moving, but I am standing still. And as long as I remain motionless, there you are, the way you live inside my memory – hair falling into green eyes that melted me and kept me whole at the same time. And strong hands. For some reason I always noticed your hands.

Mine fit perfectly inside of yours.

How cliche.

It’s days like today that make me wish I could let it all go – let my perfect memory of you, the way you were before, drain out of my memory bank. Days like today that make me wish I never knew you, never loved you.

Where did the good go, when it faded from the sparkle in your eye? And when the kindness in your voice was replaced with something harder, what then? What about me?

I only wish I knew.

Sometimes I wish I could let it all go. Nothing is real till it’s gone.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Till it's Gone

    [pens&feathers]'s Buddy Icon [pens&feathers]

    Posted about 1 year ago

    “The city keeps on rolling.” – The City by Joe Purdy

    “The whole world is moving, but I am standing still.” – The World Spins Madly On by The Weepies

    “Where [did] the good go…” – Where Does the Good Go by Tegan and Sara

    “Nothing is real till it’s gone.” – Before it’s Too Late by The Goo Goo Dolls

  2. Till it's Gone

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Somehow you always seem to inexplicably inch towards first place in every challenge….just luck, I guess. (jk!) =)

  3. Till it's Gone

    [pens&feathers]'s Buddy Icon [pens&feathers]

    Posted about 1 year ago

    Hahaha thank you Stovohobo.

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    T.F. Torrey's Buddy Icon T.F. Torrey

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing work. I didn’t notice any of the lyrics until I got to the end and realized it was a challenge. Then I went back and looked, and I couldn’t see the seams. Very well done.

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    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I couldn’t see the seams in this, which is good, because with a challenge like this, work tends to get piecey. Not your work, it’s still your own. This is fabulous.

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