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# lost and found
- URL: https://www.fsm.ink/lost-and-found/
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:20:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T17:20:47.000Z
- Author: Staff
- Tags: Poetry

*by Kiersten Baldauf*

is this the last time i speak to you?  
 when is the last time i speak of you?  
i will carry your name on the tip of my tongue  
 and in the exhale of my lungs.  
you will never leave the confounds of my chest.  
 as if you are something to be taken.  
you are buried in my rib cage so no taste of you is lost.  
 i can no longer miss you if you and i are one,  
if the parts you borrowed to me cannot be returned.  
 the bits i’ve kept safe this long are lain to rest  
at the bottom of my desk drawer  
 like a forgotten art,  
i pull them out to dust them off and frame them,  
 the varnish has begun to tarnish.  
i will keep your name alive -  
 i will keep the love you once had afloat.

> Kiersten is a local of Appleton, writing in hopes to reach others who share similar inner turmoils and emotional charges.