Jorge Velez: AS I CRIED ALONE
As I Cried Alone
I went to a store
To buy myself some death
But It was too costly
So I bought this instead:
I bought some grief
I bought some pain
I bought gray skies
And days of rain.
When the owner wasn´t looking
(and it was just a little while!)
I took a very deep breath
and stole a copy of your smile.
(I went to my place)
I put on a sad song,
Framed your smile in a mirror glass
I closed my eyes as I cried along
And as I slept through, another day passed.
Jorge Velez
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