The promise of us

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First day of the first month
I had met you
Shooting stars
Beautiful unicorns
Talking donkeys
The promise of us

Second day of the second month
You had held my hands
Your eyes locked with mine
The silkness & smoothness of your voice
My heart skipped a beat when you said
Do you know why the sun stays away?
The sun loves us but it knows if it comes closer, it'd ruin us
Love sometimes is departure
You were telling me something
I only heard what I wanted to hear

3rd day of the 2nd year
You had said,
A love that stays sometimes is cowardly
You were my happy place
And in being happy I was lost
I only heard what I wanted to hear

4th day of the 3rd year
Waiting at the park I spotted you
Locked in another's embrace
You told me
Loving you Adun would ruin me
For you I'm too small
Someday you'd understand
Lost in grief, I heard only what I wanted to hear.

5th day of the end
No more tears to be shed
Void larger than ever
You judged yourself unworthy of my love
It's the 365th day since you left
I can't hear what I want to hear

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  1. UnknownMarch 3, 2019 at 10:08 AM

    You'd have to explain the Chronicles of this poem to me TY

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