November 12, 2021
For you, I'll wait forever
—Minutes, hours, years—
From the first drop of morning dew
To the last encore of orchestral crickets
An eternity of the ocean's waves
Pushing and pulling against the
Infinite grains of sand
Forever captured in the conch's memories
I'll wait between the boundless gorge
Separating inhale from exhale
Between the flip of a coin and its landing
Between the anticipation and the dive
For you, I'll wait,
I've always waited, I don't mind waiting—
—But please—
Why does the thought of you waiting for me
Churn my heart so?
If I run as hard as I can,
So much that my world spins around, and all
I can hear are the blurs in the background, and all
I can see are the coarse chokes of my breath, and even
If I crash and fall towards the promise we made,
As the last song,
The last wave,
The exhale,
The landing,
The dive,
The pieces still left of me,
Would you have waited for me?
I fear the answer, so for now
I'll wait.
YOU ARE READING
A Testament to When I Loved You
PoetryA collection of poetry following the feelings of someone falling in love for the first time, although never quite making it anywhere, from the beginning to the end. Or, a testament to when I loved you without really understanding you. ----
