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When the light faded

Did you call me home?

The drawn down curtains

On the glass windows

The yellow lights beyond

Shadows lurking

I couldn’t cry

I heard your call

On the worn down driveway

The gravel was stained

In red?

My knees hurt…

Did I miss something?

A soft bed

A heated room

A hot shower

Did I ask for those?

I looked back at the meadow

The grass was still green

But fading to black

The butterflies still fluttered

But tired

The flowers withered

But my dreams still lay

Within the valley

Of fears

Within the womb

Of tears

My dream beckoned

I did not look back

And came home

To love unconditional

But lost out on

Life.