Belltower Arts Journal 2020-2021

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You I have heard it said that it takes your body seven years to replace every cell. If this is true, that means that in exactly 6 years, 11 months, 12 days, 13 hours and 52 minutes, I will have a body that will not have touched you. I will have eyes that have never seen you smile, arms that will have never held you, ears that will not have heard you laugh, lips that will not have kissed you, and a heart that had not loved you. In 6 years, 11 months, 12 days, 13 hours and 49 minutes my body will no longer have anything to do with you. But though the body is willing, the mind still holds on to the memories of you. The night that we first met, we danced so much your hair was slick with sweat. And yet, I was enthralled by you.

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