June 5, 1993 1:53 p.m. poetry by Michael F. Nyiri

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"Walks Away Blues"

A tarnished memory goes walking out the door
Doesn't want to say goodbye
As she stares down at the floor
She closes emotion in my face
	and turns away again
My tears well up an cloud my eyes
	to cover up the pain

I dreamed you all; a perfect love
A life so rare and true
Imagination breeds release
And covers up my blue
But when she walked away that day
She took my last shred of sanity
And as I looked into the mirror
Laughed at broken vanity

I love you all; still waiting
My life always felt debilitating
And as I climb the stairs to go to bed
I do regret the times I 
felt better off dead

She never left, the memory
never lived here
And I had really nothing left
to fear here.

1993

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