Cherry On Top Poem by Natasha Andeyi

The length of time I stayed in your life was not long enough,
Only a couple of months but the hurt damaged a piece of my heart.
Maybe because I ignored the signs,
Convincing myself I was the savior to rescue your heart from Iceland.
You needed love and I wanted to share mine,
Turns out the only savior is the Messiah,
And the depth of my love was not ready to stretch to a foreign land.

Constantly freezing my warm replies,
Either downplaying their worth or treating me like I got no heart.
Shrugging it off was my way to survive,
But that wasn't the kind of love I deserved, not the life I envisaged as a child.
Warm lips on my neck, random drives at sunset and heartfelt replies are the few that cross my mind.
You and your unavailable feels were wrecking the Romeo world I strived to build,
Ruining my groove whenever I mirrored your mood,
And waking up to regret after realizing your mistakes.

I'm tempted to hate you but I can't,
Walking out with no regret was the reminder I needed of my worth,
Plus the strength of respect for what I want and not otherwise was the cherry on top.