pieces of me ; a collection of poetry

forever

i remember all the little moments we've shared
when you'd let me paint your nails and sing to me your favorite songs
and when you'd play with my fingers while watching a movie, wrapped in your arms that felt like home
and when you'd talk to me with the sweetest voice, the lull sending me softly to sleep
and when you'd tell me about your stories that would keep me awake, wishing i was in it too
but being there, hearing about it from you, was enough, i soon figured

but now you're just another story to tell to my friends
another man to cry about when drunk and a mess
another face i've memorized yet now can only call a stranger
funny how things happen for the most unexpected, saddest reasons

how could i forget your first i love you
and our first kiss that followed when i said i loved you too
how could i erase from my memory
how perfectly you fit in my arms
and how it felt like you were the only missing puzzle piece in my life, completing me when finally found
and all the lovesick words you'd whisper to me in the dead of night
and how i'd smile softly, while making sure all of it will stay in my heart

oh, god
i just hate that we had to end when we were only beginning to know forever
but i know you'll stay endlessly in my mind
and that, i guess, will be the closest i'd get to the promised forever with you

and though it will never be enough,
though i will always miss your touch, and the intensity of your pure love,
i will be happy for you when you finally find yourself that you once lost to me

i will be happy for the moments we've shared
the love we've given
the joy we've felt
the tears we've cried
the excruciating pain we've suffered
and the beauty of it all

you will forever be in my heart
and you will forever own a part of my soul
and you will forever be the greatest, most beautiful chapter of my life
     —my love, my light, and my kryptonite