Over the river <br />you’re laughing <br />I can hear it, <br />the sounds of starting again <br />I can hear it, <br />the shards of a broken mirror <br />I can hear it, <br />the forever that was lost <br />I can <br />miss yesterday <br /> <br />I’m the only one <br />who can tell you <br />how it feels <br />I’m the only one who <br />misses yesterday <br /> <br />Why don’t you <br />I don’t know why <br />Didn’t you ever <br />Feel the forever <br />Didn’t you ever <br />want that perfect mirror to last <br /> <br />I don’t know why <br />I want to kick myself <br />I want to break out in tears <br />I want to run up the stairs <br />I want to run back down <br />I want to trace the whole world <br />Back to its beginnings <br />I want to say your name backwards <br />Laugh backwards <br />Love backwards <br />Live backwards <br />for the rest of time <br /> <br />I don’t know why <br />I want to love you like you once loved me <br />I want to conquer the world <br />I want to apologize again <br />I want to do all the things <br />I should have done… <br /> <br />Backwards <br />it’s the only way to live <br />No decisions, <br />only facts <br />Watching them unfold <br />retracing the past <br /> <br />Animals descend the ark backwards <br />Clouds are once again filled with rain <br />I unwrite this story <br />words pulled back into my pen <br />And no one has ever read it <br />or ever will again<br /><br />Maya Hanson (mye3 poet)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/backwards-6/
