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Missing

She hangs onto
smells and fading memories,
but forgets
to remember her children

He watches
and tries to forget
that staring at the clock
won't make time pass any faster
that, overnight, her home
became a stranger's
a maze of rooms
that will never belong to her again,

that her loving glance
was replaced with an empty stare
when she was stolen
from him

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