I Was Not The Forever You Seek Poem by Izobelle Pulgo

The nights were endless when we talked
The stars shined brighter and ever fairer
My eyes twinkled and my heart fluttered for every word you spoke
The promises, the plans that we made together.

I must have been lucky, I must have been blessed
I must have stumbled upon the rainbow's magic chest
For you found me when I was lost and kept me safe and sound
You found me when even I didn't want to be found.

Aimlessly wandering, desperately searching
Like a drifter lost at sea
I walked with my shadows and the emptiness that follows
Until you stopped me from falling into a darkness that was all I could be,
The other end of the red string that kept me from floating away.

But forever was never on our side
And the endless had to end at some point
Because reality is as real as the ebbing tide
Even love, after time, is made to disappoint.

When you wanted to go, I didn't ask you to stay
Maybe I should have put up a fight and have you for one more day.

Maybe I was wrong, may I was too weak
But maybe in the end, I was not the forever you seek.
Just a chapter of your book that you have to go through
Just as you have started a chapter in mine that ends with you.