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by Jennifer Sakamoto

to be lonely yet great

leave each other we must

 

though our love replaces love's definition

remember my darling this world is properly not ours

we were meant to carry more than just us

you and i were carved for great things two seas apart

must we be honest and cry my love

 

while the heart knows how to live

the brain most certainly knows how to think

let us accept the choice we already know we'll make

let us forget us and part

 

oh whom am i trying to fool

hold me now while the clocks allow

remember my lips that read go my eyes that say stay

 

before you go

take my essence take my pen

take my essence take my pen

before you go 

 

remember my lips that read go my eyes that say stay

hold me now while the clocks allow

oh whom am i trying to fool

 

let us forget us and part

 

let us accept the choice we already know we'll make

the brain most certainly knows how to think

 

while the heart knows how to live

must we be honest and cry my love

you and i were carved for great things two seas apart

we were meant to carry more than just us

remember my darling this world is properly not ours

 

though our love replaces love's definition

leave each other we must

 

to be lonely yet great

Jennifer Sakamoto's book, Radiant as Rapeseed, is available through Weasel Press.

The book is reviewed in this issue, in Reviews & Ramblings.

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