Old Friends

Free Verse Poem by Jackie Chou

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You dig deep,
flip through snapshots of memory 
to find me.
 
I'm here,
cut from the same dough
as people you now know.
 
I'm in their eyes,
their laughter,
their gestures.
 
You will see me 
when the windblown blossoms
detach from their stems.