Poetry

Adjustments

Elisabeth Martin

Nothing ever stays the sameFamily going,Never coming backTears fallGoodbyes madeWhy won’t the world stop spinning?Sorrow, joyBlended into oneLeaving,For a better placeWhy can’t we go as well?Tears dryLife moves onEvents fadeTime blursWere they ever here at all?A memoryA smileA placeSmacks me hardLike colliding with a wall.Tears wet my pillow again,Freed by fresh pain.I will never forget completely,Though nothing stays the same.

Adjustments Elisabeth Martin
Elisabeth Martin, 13 Dunlap, Illinois

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