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Shooting Star

By Sanaa · 19 November 2022

I felt my soul bleedas I began to writeabout you, so readto know how brightyou made my lifebut now I’m filled with strifeand darkness is where I live so that when you come byI’ll be here to see you fly high up in the sky


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as I began to write

about you, so read

to know how bright

you made my life

but now I’m filled with strife

and darkness is where I live

so that when you come by

I’ll be here to see you fly

high up in the sky, so alive

I’ll be looking at you from afar

cause now you’re just a shooting star

you healed everything you touched

it was too late when I realized

that when you made everyone alive

you were struggling to survive

you smiled the most

when you were broken

and shined the brightest,

whilst burning like a lantern.

If only I knew before you were gone

I’d have never let you fight alone

you tried so hard to end this war

and now you’re just a shooting star.

I stare into the sky every day

only to watch you shine

I try to reach you, but you’re lightyears away

and realize you’re no longer mine

all I can do is look at you

and think about how much I miss you

If only I had held you tighter

then I did, a moment longer

and let you know how much

you meant to me and my life

It wouldn’t break me so much

to let you go feels like a knife

driven right through my heart

but from your pain, it’s barely a part

Together we could’ve ended this war

but now you’re just a shooting star

~Sanaa

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