Wednesday, January 8, 2025

8 - Still

Will I miss you forever, 
because I still do today. 
Will I still feel a pang
at the sound of your name
when I am old and grey.

You're with someone else now, 
and she's better for you.
She's sweet and kind, and stable, 
she doesn't need to be free
like a ripple, undercurrent 
a wild yearning
like me. 

I know that it is better, 
I know that it's my choice, 
but something in my soul
still shatters 
at the sound of your voice. 

In the next life, when I 
do this all again, 
I will stay and be content
and not be so set 
on running away. 

But, in this life
the yearning
holds fast to my soul,
so forever I'll miss you
while I keep letting go.



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