Disclaimer: -laughs- By this time you should know that I don't own Gaara…or anything from Naruto itself.

Author's Notes: Number fifteen in the 'Air/Gaara Series'.

Pairing: Gaara/Airia (OC)

Note: The poem is in freestyle, and doesn't rhyme. Finally, I typed a longer poem in Gaara's POV. I promise, there are only a few poems left in this series, and then I can get started on the fanfic.

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I Should Have Known

I never thought

That you would actually do this

That you would find it

In your heart

The strength

To leave

To leave this village

And to leave me

I should have

Known

I should have

Expected

You've been staring

At the wilderness for so long

Longing to

Escape

You're gone

And I should have known