school was the only place we could be together / when school was over / we’d go our separate ways / each of us / to our own homes / lives / and worlds / we lived in different regions / you and i / your region / separated from mine / by a six-hour bus drive / yet / our love travelled the space of distance / phone calls and WhatsApp / sustained us / for most nights / during vacations / then they were no longer enough / there were times we had to work through deafening silences / even then / our love still remained / young / strong / blooming / unwavering / determined / until the day / you stopped talking / texting / calling / or returning back mine either / for a long time / i wouldn’t know what to do / at first / i was scared / then sad / then mad / then sad again / then nothing / i still didn’t know what to do / without you anymore in my life / but i knew what i shouldn’t do / which was / to make excuses for you / or to wait on your indecisive ass / or to harbor any resentment against you / or to pity myself / for choosing to believe / in a love like ours / no / because that would cripple me / and i’d hate myself more / for putting a pause on my life / because of a choice you made / without me in mind / but i swore / my life / was going to be / about more / than just broken hearts and lost loves / so even while i cried / i learned also / to stand on my own / to live and love again / this time / starting with myself
Day 15 of 30. November challenge. Thirty poems in thirty days.
Comments and criticisms are welcome!
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Liz.
“Starting with myself”
I really like it!!!π€©
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Thank you Buelah ππΎβ€οΈ
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Waiting for a lost love is like waiting for a ship at the airport πππβ¦ I can relate, nice piece dear
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Thank you babe…your support is amazing and beyond βΊοΈβ€οΈπ
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Bars, Bars manπ―
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My story being summarised into a poemπ€§π€§β¦.I miss how school brought some of us together.We hope to meet one day and laugh over those moments
Thumbs up π girlπ
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Hmmm you know π«
But it’s all good.
Thank you so much RhoππΎβ€οΈβΊοΈ
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Liz, you’re amazing ππ. This poem speaks to me on another levelπ’π’. Thank you.
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Aww thank you so much Nana Yaw. Pleasure is all mine πβ€οΈ
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Nice piece π
Truth on the grounds.
#realities of life, people with eye can’t see.
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Thank you Javisπβ£οΈ
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Nice pieceπ
Truth on the grounds.
#realities of life, people with eye can’t see.
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Lol childhood love bi tinnzz
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Ibi somtin somtin elseππππ
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It’s true, when people want to make a pause on you, they take decisions without putting you in mind….. Charley wollopππ«
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Lovely, Liz.β€οΈ
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Thank you π
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Welcome. β€
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This is awesome. I love it.
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Thank you dear. I appreciate you βΊοΈβ€οΈ
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Your words can penetrate through the heart. You are superb dear. Keep going.
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Aww thank you so much for your words so sweet Lot. I appreciate you a lotβΊοΈβ€οΈ
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β¦nice piece dear, keep on keeping onππ
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Thank you Rocklyn π
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