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Push off your sadness until tomorrow
Lean close enough so that I can see

The ripples in the color of your eyes

Push off your sadness until tomorrow Turn blind to your aching soul

And gift me with a wry smile

Push off your sadness until tomorrow, my darling You see this is just getting older

The more you age the more you know
As you learn the way of the world

Your heart grows colder

Push off your sadness until tomorrow Now that you’ve found your

Vulnerabilities, your mortality

Push off your sadness until tomorrow For now you know

Its end you may not see

Seattle, 2017