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🌻 thank you for reading my words.

[koko-poetry]

and the way

her golden rays

engulf your face

it seems

even the sun

craves the touch

of you.

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[koko-poetry]

i wonder if

you still try

to call my old number,

if you wonder

if i’m still

waiting for you

right where

you left me.

i wonder about those yellow roses.

i feel sorry for that girl

(the one that you knew).

with the nervous smile

and racing heart,

the one who could never

tell you no.

no,

the number i left

in your yearbook

isn’t mine anymore.

and i’m far from

where you left me;

and yellow isn’t my color anymore.

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[koko-poetry]

ocean eyes.

[koko-poetry]

“remember somebody loves you,” she says to me.

her hand grips mine so softy,

her wrinkled skin under my thin fingers.

her eyes were so light that day,

her hair almost white in the sunlight.

she had aged like the finest of wines.

i almost couldn’t believe she could be gone.

and anger still stabs at my throat

knowing the sun still rises without her.

how unfair, it seems, that life goes on

when someone so lively is no longer here to live it.

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[koko-poetry]

cold coffee.

happy valentine’s day.🤍

[koko-poetry]

easily forgotten.

my annual birthday poem (a few weeks late). here’s to 24.🌻

[koko-poetry]

you said to send you a poem...

Coffee House

Girls standing

chatting

looking.

Coffee sifting

grinding

steaming.

Music playing

clashing

crashing.

Minds sharing

begging

hearing.

Imaginations soaring

soaring

flying.....

.

this is beautiful. thank you for sharing this with me.🫶🏻🌻

[koko-poetry]

i found

one of your shirts

buried deep

in my closet.

i held it close to my chest,

as if i was holding you,

and lifted up to my nose,

as if it would still smell like you.

it didn’t.

it almost felt wrong

to hold it in my arms

after forgetting about it

for so long.

for so long

it would be the one

sleeping next to me

in bed,

all those lonely nights

without you.

i never knew where

you went.

i held it close to me

just one last time

before hiding it away

once again.

maybe one day

i can say

goodbye

for good.

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[koko-poetry]

for so long

i felt

my place in

this world

was by

your side.

but you’re not

around anymore,

and i feel

more at home

than ever

before.

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[koko-poetry]

to be loved

by you

is to be loved

by the

sea

and tonight

i am

drowning in

you.

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[koko-poetry]

tired from reaching.

[koko-poetry]

this summer

it seems

i have done

nothing

but wander

aimlessly

under the

desert sun,

searching

and

longing

for the shelter

i found

in your

arms.

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[koko-poetry]

i begin again.

[koko-poetry]

no matter how far.

[koko-poetry]

and so selfishly

i have been

searching for you

in everyone

i meet;

from the worms

outside my door

to the strangers

on the street.

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[koko-poetry]

freckled rose.

[koko-poetry]

oh, and i wish

i could forget

how much

i used to

love you,

but i’m afraid

my ears

will always perk up

when i hear

your name.

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