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You Are My Fiction

When You Are Away

By Patrick M. OhanaPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
You Are My Fiction
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You are my fiction when you are away

Living your true life where time lacks a friend

It may read like a moderate cliché

A reality in need of a mend

How long can such a measured fiction last

In a world where life tends to change hourly

Did you digest the latest viral cast

Opinions and lies standing dourly

A part of you is my reality

’Tis tiny and tinier like a lung

Yet ’tis larger than my family tree

But not tall enough or strong to be hung

I do not need mercy for my lost soul

I often feel it under your left sole

sad poetry

About the Creator

Patrick M. Ohana

A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.

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