It was our house
of tan-colored skin walls,
with a balcony
to watch the sunset
and the meteors
that zipped across the clear sky.
Soon words formed
for the loss of our friend
enshrouded in the sands of our dreams.
The last stone
buried
in the palm of my hand.
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Maribel C. Pagan has appeared or is forthcoming in Argus, Moledro, and The Voices Project. She has received the Junior Reading Giants Award, has made the President’s List in Mohawk Valley Community College, and others. In her free time, she is the host of The Maddie Show on WLMU Radio, and a singer and musician for The Angelic Family Choir, a family singing group that has appeared on EWTN Global Radio Network. You can find out more about Maribel at http://therollinghills.wordpress.com/.