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The Ones Before

[Busan Beat X Liquid Arts Network]

I hope you loved someone before me
cupped your palms around her face
and told her she was perfect
the only one
she was your sun
and moon and world, you knew
her florals and her rainstorms
your heart swooned
when she’d hop into view
and pull you close, I hope
she swelled you up
I hope she breathed air into you
               and took it all back
and you were reckoning with oblivion
spinning in the darkest places
looking for new love
in all the wrong faces
I hope it nearly killed you
I hope it nearly robbed you of your life
but you learned to fight
you learned some things aren’t given
perception isn’t always reality
all we have is this moment
and in this moment
you’ll meet me.



Contributing Writer l Julia Gardner


 Julia Gardner is a poet and former teacher from the DC area. She organized the Liquid Arts writer’s workshop in Busan, South Korea where she performed spoken word. She is presently an MFA candidate at St. Mary’s College of California.

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