I – The Night We Met
It was the tail end of summer
we were young and had no idea
what we were in for.
I saw you and tried to touch forever;
in hindsight
I should have bottled the August night sky
for us to keep and breathe
on the days the air between us grew stale.
II – The Day You Cried
It wasn’t because you had missed me,
it was because you were guilty;
caught in a web of deceit
on the web, in her inbox
where you thought you could hide from me,
successfully lie to me.
You cried because you were naïve, stupid, a boy
who didn’t know better;
all of these excuses when really the lesson
to be learned was you had begun to love me less
and I began to keep trust close to my chest.
III – Every Time We Went Away
We were always closest away from home.
Maybe because distance
meant we became each other’s home.
There was nothing to distract us;
only beautiful sights
to remind us how love and friendship
are supposed to feel.
My favourite memories of us exist outside
in the open air, free
from the confines of the four walls
we called yours and mine.
IV – Some Time In The Future
We see each other again –
sometimes it’s at a fairground.
We’re happy, in love with people
who aren’t you or me.
Sometimes we’re in a bar;
you’re bitter and I’m angry,
you belittle me and I find the voice
I never had.
Sometimes it’s in the street;
I do not see you but you see me
and I imagine you watch for a second
and wonder how it came to be
that you lost me.
© Kristiana Reed 2019
Sometimes, we look back, to a love we once had but didn’t take care of, and, we learn from that, and there’s, no way we’ll ever, have that lost love back again, it’s just a lesson of life, each person we bump into in this world has something to offer to us, some will hurt us while others won’t, that’s just how life is.
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“We’re happy, in love with people
who aren’t you or me.”
I really liked this particular line, it made me smile.
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Thank you ☺️ I am so pleased it made you smile x
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Oh my god… I just squealed in delight when I heard your voice. Felt like a caress on the cheek. Lovely work ❤ Maybe one of these days I'll muster the courage to do a recording myself.
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Aww Henna!! ♥️ Thank you! Ooh yes!!!
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and I began to keep trust close to my chest “. How very true this is, when we find our hearts in tatters!
Exquisite poetry! And hearing it was wonderful!
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Thank you very very much ♥️
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