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Sonnets From Other Lives: Daniel

Just two seconds can change everything.
That's the part that eats at him the most.
He'd cranked a song he liked--started to sing...
An impact & he's living with a ghost.
She will be with him forever, he's convinced.
Each night at three A.M. he'll jerk awake.
Her bike once more has swerved in front of him
with no time for his foot to find the brake.
The way he sees it, now he lives for two.
He'll be her friend, whatever that might mean.
He'll share with her the things he's going through
every evening on his way to bed.
A simple courtesy shown for the dead.