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Love In My Rearview
by Rafael Chávez Mx

 Again I fell in love

Again

At a red light
traffic stopped

I discovered myself
once more alive

Again

Day dreaming as I gazed through the rearview

Caught hopelessly in a sigh

Thoughts of you pulled up from the past

As the sun set over the distant ocean side

The adieu of an afterglow bid a final goodbye

While stopped at a red light

Somewhere between the intersection of Jamas Blvd. and the Avenue of Love

Time stood still as you came into mind

Again

And there you were

Forever beautiful in the rearview

Looking like before and exactly like I remembered

A distant first star at night
Twinkling in my twilight

Oh, how I’ve wished
For another moment with you

Again

Then there you are in my rearview

At the traffic light

In the intersection of Jamas and Love

Sitting silent and still randomly glancing up at my rearview mirror

Catching a flickering
 glimpse of you

Holding my breath I slowly cracked my window

Sweet breeze whispered your voice into my thoughts
your scent I sensed again like then

As I re-fell in love all over

Again

Through my rearview

Then the lights changed

Yellow and blue skies
gave way to green

Motion began as traffic moved

The gleaming sky in my mind remembered you

As you were once when I was with you

Again

I smiled at your reflection

You grinned at my recollection

Then you ran your fingers through your hair

As the wind blew

As I pulled through the intersection of Jamas and Love

You turned left without a goodbye.

I took a final deep breath

As I took in the memory in my rearview

Again

I noticed the orange sky in my mind

Give away to the melancholy blue of the night time

Like that long ago time
when I fell in love

When I first saw you in my rearview.

As you pulled up to the
intersection of Love and
Jamas while I adjusted my rearview.

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