What You Gave Me You gave me the unfortunately tangible You gave me the roses The tulips The lilies All of the sweet and bitter scents that burned my senses You gave me the Hershey The Lindor The Ferrero The sweets that filled my mouth until they rotted my teeth You gave me your arms in the form of your clothing That rested on your very skin The cologne drowned sweatshirts and shirts The aroma of material That created a horrible void Now the roses The tulips The lilies Are crying and dying In boxes in which I desperately tried to preserve them Now the chocolate The Hershey The Lindor The Ferrero Have all been savored until none are left Some gone stale by the touch of time Now your clothes Your aroma Has faded into the air Gladly taken by the hands of the wind
Emma Fannin ‘22
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