Free Verse · Love
In the Original
You are the person I'd call
from any broken-down mile of highway,
any airport, any 3 a.m. —
not because you'd know what to do
(though you would),
but because your voice
is what "it's going to be okay"
sounds like in the original.
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“In the Original” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/in-the-original
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