you will always be young

I was down by Putah Creek
where you once swam with your friends.
I held my face down low, by the surface of the water,
I was still, I was silent,
and by doing that I could feel the universe move again,
the way it did when you were still here, alive.
I couldn't stay, there was much to do,
but for a moment you were back with me.
you were splashing and laughing,
an…
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