“6 Years”

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The 1st Year I met you, my life was a blur,
I struggled with self-esteem, but I always found these words,
Hours upon hours, we would text forever,
Sleepless nights
your texts would wrap around my head,
And I never wanted to go to sleep
Much less to bed.

The 2nd year we went to college,
You stayed in your home state,
And I did the same,
Nights we would speak of marriage
A horse with a carriage
and a barrage of gold,
Something told me,
You had captured my soul.

The 3rd year that's when I knew,
That this love wasn’t fake, I had to have you,
So I came up with something in my head,
That I would ask you out instead,
But you backed off,
saying you felt lost,

The 4th year we talked of a family,
You said you loved me and that you cared for me,
And that's when I knew
Our love had come true,
So I settled to travel to your state,
To arrange for a date,
But at last, it rained,
And you never came.

The 5th Year you were broken,
We talked, I knew your heart was left open,
My heart had felt so rich but now poor,
So one day I showed up to your door,
We embraced with a kiss
And you cried tears of bliss,
Shoving me back you turned in pain,
Saying that you could never,
Feel the same.

The 6th Year I never heard back,
I thought you had moved on, but my love was still intact,
I took a plane to your state and went to your house,
Knocked on your door, your mother answered with doubt,
I asked her about you, and that's when her heart turned blue,
She led me to a room which was cleaned and broomed,
She gave me a letter and told me your answer,
“I’m sorry Ben, She loved you, but she passed away with cancer.”
And that's when I fell, crying swift tears,
I promised on that day,
I would never forget the love,
that we once shared,
6 Years.

By: Ben (HelpingOthers)
Inspiration For This Poem: Immortal Technique- You Never Know.
(Disclaimer: This isn’t a real story I went through)

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