prelude to a story

Some of you may have read this one before. Some of you are familiar with the author. I am giving this as a prelude to my next post. I'd love to dissect it for you. To walk you through every line and each word, but I wont. I leave it here for you to digest, and then, soon, I tell you a tale-- I'll weave you a blanket of emotion-- in the hopes that you will understand.

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please don't be too attached
please don't cry
saying good bye will be so hard

keep a good distance
keep your wits about you
remember nothing here is forever

we have had our time
we felt the breeze and the sun
I watched little things take your breath way
I am grateful we had this time

but things die
things end
and even that which exists through eternity
still changes

considered that the most solemn and faithful human love
is still fleeting
still just a feeling

so let me go
release my hand

and in your heart
know the scar to the right of what is good
and to the left of forever
is the remembrance of me