Touch

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It is a rainy day
Downpour drenches Eve running
People engulf her in the street
She tries to break free

As she brushes by
memories are seen through touch
Memories of childhood learning how to ride a bike
Memories of saying goodbye to a loved one
Memories of love and grief

No matter how much she struggles
she can't escape them
No matter the way she turns to
she faces them

Just from touch
she knows a person's life
She doesn't know how she got this power
She just woke up one day

Barging into the cafe doors
she puts on her apron
She apologizes profusely to her coworker for being late
and starts to read the finished orders

Every customer is another face
Every name is another blur
Every memory flashes through her

After three hours
she reads off another name
A girl with amber hair grabs the mocha
No memory sticks

As the mocha girl leaves
Eve stays
Contemplating her name
Contemplating if she was even there

Listening to her heart
Eve runs into the street
She has never done something this daring before
She doesn't know where she's going

She finally sees the mocha girl at the crosswalk
She joins her stroll
No words are exchanged
It is just meant to be

She finally sees the mocha girl at the crosswalkShe joins her strollNo words are exchangedIt is just meant to be

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