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POEMS
Created: 10th May, 2022

from '146 days before'

I can’t believe it.

It’s…

him…

her…

Our eyes meet.

Our eyes meet.

I’d never forget those eyes.

Her eyes are unforgettable.

I’m drawn to him and I don’t know why.

I’m drawn to her and I don’t know why.

It’s as though I know him.

It’s as though I know her.

I feel his pain.

I know her loss.

I know his loss.

I feel her pain.

And the traffic starts moving.

And the traffic starts moving

    and we’re

she’s

                                gone

gone.

I look behind

                                and see him

her

fade

into

the

distance

 

© Manjeet Mann from The Crossing, Penguin Random House

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