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by Lidia Temores

It's Christmas Eve
Just sitting next to the window
Waiting for you to come.
"Where could you be,"
I said to myself,
I told you not to go
With the home boys today.
But you told me
You would be back safe.
A loud knock on the door...
I ran like a rabbit
Running for its life.
Opened the door
A police officer asked me
Do I know you
And I said yes.
He told me there was a drive by
And now you are gone.
I cried
Like never before;
Like a lover's broken heart
I couldn't understand;
Like the longest algebra equation
Not even the smartest person could solve....
And now I'm by myself
Without you,
Like a bird without wings
Unable to fly;
Alone with only memories ...
Like a picture that says
A thousand words
Yet will never undo this Christmas
The saddest time
Of the year....