By RainbowChaser
Date: 2002 Dec 15
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Just another small town

Just another small town
a fresh start for a recent college graduate
who hopes that this will be the start of a bright future
a beginning of life's journey

But this small town took one too many hostages
it kept you couped up, sad
it took away your happiness, your light
but it gave us many happy times together

we met in late september, when the air began to get brisk
driving down that dark highway with high hopes
i will never forget the way you looked that night
with hope in your eyes, fondness in your heart, and curiousity in your mind

my first exposure to the small town
my only connection to the wonderful times that we shared
now that you're gone
i can't bring myself to go back

all those times, when you just held me
when it rained, when it snowed, when you didn't have heat
i suffered it all with you
yet, how easily you let me go

what were you so afraid of
so many times you tried to let me go
but you eventually came back to your senses
except when it was time for you to leave our small town

the last time i saw you in that small town, you were packed in your white truck, with determination to move on
you looked past me, but stopped for a second
to give me one last farewell
and all that remains of our last goodbye in the small town: a starbucks mint canister