Secret Sisters : a pantoum

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    Secret Sisters

    "Let's call ourselves sisters" she said
    One by one we were initiated
    I by a nickname I would always be called
    Divine secrets were shared between us

    As one by one we were initiated
    I smiled, I breathed in adventure
    Divine secrets whispered between us
    "Are you coming?" you asked taking my hands

    I smiled, I inhaled adventure
    Introductions deemed unnecessary
    "Are you coming?" you said and took my hands
    Bloodshot eyes you tried to hide

    Introductions seemed unnecessary
    I never questioned why
    The bloodshot eyes we tried to hide
    "Life goes on" she said

    I never questioned why
    When their love ended we all felt it
    "Life goes on" was all she said
    Broken guitar strings were replaced and retuned

    In the end we all felt it
    I willingly let myself be used
    Broken hearts were replaced and retuned
    I only watched from the backseat

    I willingly let myself be used
    Memories suspended in time
    Always watching from the backseat
    Watching the sun rise before class

    Memories suspended in time
    Lost in a haze of endless nights
    Seeing the sun rise before class
    I couldn't listen to that song without thinking of us

    Lost in the haze of endless nights
    Answering to the nickname I will always be called
    I still can't listen to that song without thinking of us
    "Let's call ourselves sisters" she said
     
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