The Way It Dimmed
Amanda Shires


This is
How I think about you
A parade
Of images
I never finish sorting through
Your hands laced
In my belt loops
I remember the fire
And the way it dimmed
As a fire will sometimes do
Closer
Was never close
Enough
At closing time
We watched the lights and the sun come up
You begged me to stay
You fell asleep and I slipped away
I remember the fire and the way it dimmed
As a fire will sometimes do
Flashback
Your headlights across the lawn
You are the thing I'm always thinking that I lost
Your fingerprints are still burned in to my skin
And I remember the fire and the way it dimmed
As a fire will sometimes do
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