Lovelorn
I turned
to walk away from her
believing
she would stop me
hold me back
call after me
beg me not to go;
I turned and walked away…
She did not stop me
Nor did she call me back.
Step after faltering step,
I kept wandering away from her,
At each step hoping
she would stop me,
Hoping at any moment
she would call me back –
But I kept on going
drifting away from her
until I was near her no more.
Oh, she did not stop me
nor did she call me back.
At every turn I stopped,
Struggled awhile to wait
Floundered hopelessly
then moved on—
forever separated from her.
Not until she was torn asunder
did I realize,
How sick at heart I was
How gravely hurt I was
How intensely I missed her.
Alas, she did not stop me,
She did not call me back.
~Unrequited Love contest by Nayda Ivette Negron.
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