My Dead Language

A day away from the beginning of my life

A day away from the beginning of my life,

Which has not been fully lived.

A day away from my happiest moment,

Or maybe my proudest year.

A day away from the love I never met

And never truly had.

A day away from your sweet kiss

Maybe from my own eternal bliss

A day away from a future still untold.

But my head has gone foolish

And my heart- gone cold.

By Jennifer Barajas

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