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Will We Figure Out this Puzzle?

January 23, 2010
By live.create16 GOLD, Dedham, Maine
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. <br /> - Louisa May Alcott.

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Pitter, patter goes the rain,
one lone street light leads us onward.
I recall our footsteps splashing through every
puddle.

This is new to me:
you’re new to me.
Every smile, giggle, and laugh...
it’s all so different,
but wonderful all the same.

Looking back on that rainy night,
I know that’s when I realized how I felt.
Me and You. You and Me: our
feelings.

Now I’m frustrated.
It’s all a puzzle that seems impossible to finish.
How can we tell each other how we feel?
When we both seem so frustrated,
with these darn, impossible puzzles?

Once again we’re on a street.
A different kind of street,
a street that leads to our
future.

Can we find a way to the end of this street?
To future love?
To us?
There’s only one way to find out...
we have to take our chances.

© Carmela R., Philadelphia, PA

The author's comments:
Figuring out love and relationships can be so frustrating. This poem is from my own experience, and frustrations.
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