4th Of July Poem by ally lira

last night, as i looked up into the sky,
i realized how much i wanted to cry
the thought of you with her
was too much to bear
all i wanted was for you to be here holding me.
as soon as i heard the first bang,
i looked up
and a tear slipped out my eye
the colors that filled the sky
made the tears fall down my cheek even quicker
then bang after bang, and i was still alive,
wishing it wasn't so hard to survive.
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written: 7/5/08
dedicated to: Austin James Reed