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The time has come again

 Slowly walking down the steps

To where she would have been

 If only they were seventeen

Waiting patiently

 He stood between her fray scene

Hiding from himself

 As well as everybody else

Without permission

His face became wet

He thought that he learned

How to not get upset

From folded notes in envelopes

"Meet me beneath the moon"

Don't go too soon

She went too soon

The time has come again

 Slowly walking down the steps

To where she would have been

 If only they were seventeen