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Nathan Cross Mar 2015
If happiness is from Heaven, and sadness from Hell,
I’m in-between worlds.
I’ve learned more from Hell,
then Heaven could ever tell.
Sadness etched on lips, and fingertips.
Creating it, that false sense,
of whatever Love is.
You’re always a victim, but never the culprit.
Funny to me, of "we,"
you found us first and kept it, Dear.
The voorpret we felt, as each drew near,
has now turned into fear.
Perhaps a love between you and I,
should have remained as mamihlapinatapai.
That, after all,
would have been, a happy end.

**-N.C.
Voorpret (n.) (as it is spelled) - pre-fun, the sense of enjoyment felt before a party or event takes place.
Language: Dutch.
Mamihlapinatapai (n.) (Mam-ee-la-pin-nata-pie) - the wordless look between two people who both desire something, yet are equally reluctant to initiate.
Language: Yaghan.
Muskan Kapoor May 2018
Word of the day - VOORPRET
Meaning - sense of enjoyment before an event
__________
Eight days
Nope.
Eight weeks
Nope.
Eight Months
before her wedding
the butterflies appeared
leaving me pink in the cheeks
and weak in the knees.
One month of struggle
to find the perfect dress
that will fit her tiny waist
and we found one,
with white bodice
and drapes of soft tulle.
Two weeks to find
the perfect caterer
for the ceremony.
Three weeks of crying
over the fact
that her favourite country band
was already booked.
She was on cloud nine
a week before the wedding
and I was holding her hand
on that cloud
as a bestfriend.
The excitement in us magnified
in that week.
The air around us was filled
with the particles of joy.
Because it was
my bestfriends’ wedding.
And when I walked with her
to the altar
I looked at her
and I looked back
to the past eight months
and realised
that happiness and tears
shared with her
would always be etched in my mind.

— The End —