The Poet Who Stopped the World

Our hearts connected, a moment only
But after the sever, again I am lonely
The universe saw our hearts share a hug
I lost myself in it, warm, snug

We separate swiftly, I go back to my box
I sit in the silence and go into shock
They echo in my head, the words of a girl
She said I’m the poet who stopped her world

It makes me believe that I was so close
But I was afraid, stupefied, comatose
Now it’s too late, I bathe in regret
And negativity is all I’ve beget.

But I won’t give in, forever I’ll wait
I’ve had opportunities but you are my fate
So I’ll sit alone, I won’t break though I’m bending
I know that the universe holds our happy ending

I have the courage to be a real man
If I must wait till the end of my lifespan
Because I remember how our hearts danced and twirled
And because I’m the poet that stopped the world.
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Written 2011. I was 18.