This poem is, again, in a style that I am not used to, and I thought that I would give this a go.
Originally I wasnt going to post this or publish this anywhere, but I was convinced by some of the most important people in my life.
So to them, I thank you most sincerely, dear ones. I dont make it a habit of naming names on this blog, so I apologize and hope that for now this suffices as a dedication to you. But the support from when I shared this initially was surprising and very much staggering. Thank you to my Valkyrie, who inspired part of "Lullaby" as well. :)
It was inspired by some personal experiences, but mostly by tropes and music and literature like "La-La Land", "Just One Yesterday" - Fall Out Boy, and a few others.
With this poem, Its not one of my usual ones with the rhyming couplets, but I DO hope that you enjoy it, and that it evokes something within you in a positive way.
I keep on hoping that I'll see you once more one day,
In hotel bars,
In Airport lounges,
In the pouring rains,
across a crowded way,
All with a single look shared between us
Like they do in the movies, and in books,
And in that moment, the years disappear.
I keep on hoping to see you once more,
because why not?
If the stereotypes and tropes were hungry enough before
To separate and to tear us to pieces,
Were they full when I was devoured?
If the fates were cruel then, would they not be cruel again?
To bring two strangers with memories, to new shores,
Only to be passing by in ships moving in opposite directions.
Since when were they kind? And why start now?
Why not create a new meal to devour and consume.
But even with all that pain.
I wish that we could see each other once more.
For the fool in me still lives on
through death
through pain
Through every wound I ever inflicted on myself
and through every whispered name I never said.
I keep on hoping that I'll see you one day.
