I am too shy to tell you how I feel so I'll hide behind my poetic thoughts and soft smile. I am afraid to ask you "why eight?".     Your reply might a heart attack followed by death.  I am so desperate to eradicate these thoughts that never go away.  I've spent hours contemplating the words to say to you but no combination of alphabet letters could ever explain how the news I heard teared my skin apart.  Gradually my soul started slipping away.

i told myself
not to fall in love,
never to fall
in love.

but then you cupped
my hands,
my freezing hands,
against you,
and breathed warm air
into them.

you brushed
my hair out of my
eyes and looked into
them like you were
looking for pieces
of my shattered soul.

your thumbs traced
over my lip lines
and yours curled
into a smile.

you kept me warm
with just your arms,
and your lips
pressed against
my cheek.

and for a moment,
we were one,
and i let myself
fall.

and in the morning,
you were gone,
and i was reminded
of why i couldn’t let
myself fall
in the first place.

Let me tell you the story
of one named Me
who met one
named You
who went by Yu
for the love of
Oh.

Me first fell in love
with Yu's laugh
and then
with Yu's face
but what Me
loved the most
was Yu's heart.

Yu's smile
brightened Me's life
fade the darkness
and fill it with kisses.

Me and Yu
used to meet
at the last bench
of a magical park.

The trees where
the witnesses
of how their love
was proffessed.

And kiss by kiss
they got
an 'I love you'
that lasted longer
than the time they had.

Me knew
all the many reasons
of the love towards Yu

But Me never knew
what Yu saw in Me.

That would be Yu's story.

As time passed
the 'oh's
became fewer.

And Yu
took them back
and became in You.

Me and Yu's story
ended.

The day You left with Him.

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