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STANDING HERE.

-AAKRITI THATAL

 I stand here, 
On the wrong side of the right road
With the memory 
Of you standing on the other side
Where all things went right. 

I stand here
On the wrong side 
With the memory of everything 
That went down the road
Only to realize that the right road brought me here. 
As I stand here 
I see a four year young love
Crossing the street to reach me. 

I stand here
On the wrong side 
Of the right road
Wondering when you'd join me
For it would be right again. 

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