Everyone

I had just received the invitation.

I opened it with anticipation.

My sister was getting married to Connor,

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Masks are something worn

to conceal face or identity,

but I don’t think you understand

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Silence has a voice—

it’s soft,

delicate,

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You never really know

what someone is going through…

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“Yet” is a powerful word.

It turns pitiful into promise.

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Why should I

let you in,

when you closed the door

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Under the oak tree

was where we first met.

You had jet-black hair

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Everyone is aware

of “The Tortoise and the Hare”

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What happens

when it gets repetitive?

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She was kind, tanned, loudly outgoing,

and had curly brown hair.

She was pretty in everyone’s eyes…

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