Azalea Red and Tears
I bought your favorite color nail polish today.
On a whim of missing you.
And I painted my nails with a mixture
Of Azalea Red and tears
It strengthens them, you know
Keeps them from chipping and breaking.
Like me.
You keep me from chipping and breaking.
I thought of you as I brushed the layers of color on carefully and purposefully.
I thought of how you bundle me up in blankets of encouragement and us-memories.
I thought of your face captured in a thousand pixels on my early-morning screen.
I thought of your voice echoing from the other side of yonder.
I thought of reading your words and thoughts
Crystallized like red acrylic on nails.
You are my hero and you strengthen me.
Thank you.
I love you.
I miss you.
I am wearing your favorite color nail polish –
It completes me.
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