Inkling 2022 - Flipbook - Page 7
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by Emily Taylor
In the recesses of my mind, parts of you returned to haunt me.
In the midst of the mundane,
and in the depths of the extraordinary, you showed up without warning.
You had originally left me like an unfinished thought,
but the frustration of not remembering the other half of it, and the sting of its evident
importance kept me alert and obsessive.
You danced around like a forgotten word on the tip of my tongue.
An unknown song one knew the rhythm of but not the title.
And when I was finally ready to let you go,
the residue of our memories resurfaced.
A stain in which I thought I had washed out years ago,
bright red and good as new.
But you were still as good as gone.
Emily is the 1st place
winner in the Poetry
category for this year's
Teen Writing Contest.
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