History is a Funny ThingA Poem by Kai BishopToday is the anniversary of my Grandmother's death. She was my favourite person in the entire world.
history is a funny thing and our history is this: you in your chair me on your floor us in the quiet breaths in the silence between our shells warmth history is a funny thing
you told me you loved me and you did and i told you i loved you and i did and if i knew what was going to happen oh god i would have told you so many more times and history? history is a funny thing
i can't remember how you smell your shampoo when i sat behind you on your chair with my tiny knees pressed against your back and history is a funny thing because despite all the things you told me that i can't remember your smell is the thing i forgot that i try to hold on to the thing i hate myself for letting go isn't history a funny thing?
when they burned you to ashes put you in a blue velvet box it wasn't you it was but it wasn't, and history is a funny thing because one minute you're home and the next you're buried and history is a funny thing because it all happens at once and not at all
you were alone when it happened when it started at least and maybe you saw the flash of lights in the hospital corridor above you, above it all did you hope? hope we would come? be with you? you were scared, i think and you were alone until the end and history is a funny thing because it went black before we could get there
you died alone im so sorry and history is a funny thing because i cant remember where i was when i should have been with you and when mom found out in that parking lot she knew she should have been too but none of us were
and history is a funny thing because hindsight is 20/20 and it always makes you f*****g hate yourself and i think you wouldn't want that and i think history is a funny thing
and this is ours: you and me and love and death absence and regret and memory i love you and it wasn't enough history is a funny thing
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StatsAuthorKai BishopNew Brunswick, CanadaAboutMy name is Kai Bishop, and I publish under the names Apollo Blake and Cosmo Knox. My favorite genres are paranormal romance and urban fantasy! more..Writing
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