Blue

in #poetry5 years ago (edited)



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Like Gatsby
I try to grasp
And hold back summer


But I’m powerless
To stop
Or even hinder

Time changes,

And now
One robin lingers.

I stop throwing crusts
And hope
She’ll follow friends

Where skies
Are warm and blue…

It’s sad,
But she needs
To leave,

And so, my love, do you.



© 2019, John J Geddes. All rights reserved



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that's the sweetest get out ever! ;)

great poem. References my favorite book too.

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