Past Tense

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Back when I was

a fifth-grader,

I remembered

how conscientious

my teacher was during

her discussion about

grammatical tense.

She said,

is must be changed into was

and

are should be were.

It didn't make sense

during that time though,

not

until

I met you.

And not

until

you left me.

If only I could

change the direction

of our love's fate,

I would've kept ours

to be "are."

But everytime

I see you with her,

reality rushes back

with painful ecstasy.

———

"I thought you are together?"

"We are—We were once."

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