I Remember

Ralph James (POLOETRY)
Nov 5 · 2 min read
“Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali

I remember what it was like to love,

and I remember telling myself I’d never love again.

I remember when a woman said, “I love you,” before she hung up the phone as if it was instinctual

and I remember not feeling a single thing when she said that.

I remember waking up to a girl grinding her teeth,

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Ralph James (POLOETRY)

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attempts at poetry. + my shameless instagram tag: @ralphpolojames

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