2015 essay contest winner Lacey Dykgraaf\u27s  I Was Better Her

Dykgraaf, Lacey

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Linfield College DigitalCommons@Linfield 2014-15 Postcards Postcards from Abroad 3-30-2015 I Was Better Here Lacey Dykgraaf Linfield College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/intl_postcards_1415 Recommended Citation Dykgraaf, Lacey, "I Was Better Here" (2015). 2014-15 Postcards. Article. Submission 12. https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/intl_postcards_1415/12 This Article is protected by copyright and/or related rights. It is brought to you for free via open access, courtesy of DigitalCommons@Linfield, with permission from the rights-holder(s). Your use of this Article must comply with the Terms of Use for material posted in DigitalCommons@Linfield, or with other stated terms (such as a Creative Commons license) indicated in the record and/or on the work itself. For more information, or if you have questions about permitted uses, please contact digitalcommons@linfield.edu. “I was better here” By Lacey Dykgraaf  The movie scene  Of saying goodbye Is a cliché That I lived through Tears drop onto his shoulders As I press my body into his A whispered sentiment in his ear “thank you for being my favorite” I pull back to look at his wide smile Red hair he checked religiously in my window As he taught me dance moves And told me about the musical he had written In between planning grand gestures for loved ones He is someone who does things He looks back at me  “I know” I don’t know what I was expecting For him to tell me I meant as much to him As he meant to me I stumble down the stairs The vodka of the night pulls at my thoughts My suitcase is already loaded into the taxi I was better here I was different “You’ll be alright”  I look at the blue eyes That I’ve watched for so many hours Soon to be five thousand miles apart I want to shake my head Not because he’s wrong But because he doesn’t understand I won’t be as happy Because these were the best four months The English countryside became my new dream London became my new holiday I started over everything Only this time I was better I was living the life I read about in novels But every book has to end I press a palm to my tears as I wave goodbye To my favorite story 

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