Personal Photo. Flowers in the Dooryard Garden. Stone Barns Center, Pocantico Hills, NY.

better

Loryn Lyn Simonsen
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

sometimes I forget
that you don’t matter
and in those moments
I want to call you
or text you, but

I don’t

because
I remember
you never call
or text me
and

I deserve better

even from a foggy memory
that may have been
just a conceit of
my open heart

Loryn Lyn Simonsen

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