Instead they were met head-on by death, disguised as anĪccepted the inevitable, laid out their plans, understood that it wasn’t just their lives at hand.

No, they didn’t want to imagine how life would continue to go on… Instead of accepting it head on, they avoid the subject altogether, They don’t want to imagine how life will go on without them, so Their name becoming a memory to everyone they know. They don’t want to imagine how life will go on without them,Īll the people they love will briefly grieve but continue to breathe.Ĭontinue to go on without them, Their material things will be sold People don’t like to talk about death because it makes them sad. The SAME sweater you RIPPED off of my body as you shoved meĭo you hear that? That’s the sound of my heart beating.ĭeath. You know the one.The same one I bought at Dillard’s? The one with holes in the ends of the sleeves that I could poke my thumbs through when it was cold but I didn’t feel like wearing gloves? It was the same sweater you said made my eyes look like reflections of the stars on the ocean. I was wearing my blue sweater, although this time the double stitched hem was worn and the strength of each thread tested as they were puled tight against my growing belly. I was wearing my blue sweater, you know the one I bought at Dillard’s? The one with a double knitted hem and holes in the ends of the sleeves that I could poke my thumbs through when it was cold but I didn’tįeel like wearing gloves? It was the same sweater you said made my eyes look like reflections of the stars on the ocean. It was the first day of December this time. You promised to love me forever that night…

I was wearing my blue sweater, you know the one I bought at Dillard’s? The one with a double knitted hem and holes in the ends of the sleeves that I could poke my thumbs through when it was cold but I didn’t feel like wearing gloves? It was the same sweater you said made my eyes look like reflections of the stars on I’ve shared the PDF ebooks on the link above ♥)ĭo you hear that? That’s the sound of your heart beating. You will appreciate the poetry more if you’ll read the book. Poetryis definitely the highlight of Colleen Hoover’s Slammed series and I think it’s just fair to share it with you here.

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