love for me
was a fairytale.
it was Ariel
trading her voice
for a pair of legs
to walk on land
for the man she saved
and left by the shore
hoping he'd love her too,
were she a part of his world.
it was Philip
fighting the dragon
in search of sleeping beauty
put into deep slumber
at the tower,
and woke her
with true love's kiss.
it was a number of Disney movies,
a series of Korean novellas,
a shelf of books in romance,
until it was all but that:
a tale, a movie, a book.
love slowly lost its shine.
it became a dull ache in my chest,
the tears i wept on my pillow
on nights i spent awake in sorrow.
alas, it became a burden
for every tomorrow
and how i wish
it was but a dream:
the years i spent on loving him
only to be left once,
returned to,
and left behind once again.
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Dear No One
ПоэзияA compilation of prose and poems for a first love gone wrong, found and written by a girl who loved and lost.
