Love Poem: Means and Ends
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Written by: Jeffrey Dela Cruz

Means and Ends

As it all started in a dream
Strangers like we’re all once before
Time stopped on that momentous scene
This funny feeling, asking for more

Weird as it was, but so afraid
Might not work out as usual
Those awkward approaches I made
Treated like everything’s formal

With that weakness, I paid the price
By letting her see someone else
What I got in playing so nice
Regrets, a whole lot of regrets

Throughout the years on struggling life
In the conquest for happiness
Stumbled upon somebody one night
That very dream became my guest

My, my, my, look what we have here?
Just found myself closing the gap
Started to bottled up my fear
Suddenly, I was on her map 

Petty questions, mixed hi and hello
Looking for a perfect timing
And then suddenly, it’s a go
I found myself to her courting

She shared a story from the past
Her former which cause her heartache
About how terrible it was
And ended with such a bad state

I comforted her, shared my heart
Presenting the best of intent
Along with advices, part by part
And herself a chance with consent

Ahead of it, an open door
For you when the rest are shut closed
There’s a world so wide to explore
A life and a journey to cross

Exchange of compliments, sweet talk
Phone calls, I miss you’s of long breadth
Anything personal we could’ve poke
Our preference, weakness and strength

By days as it goes on and on
We drifted toward each other 
And woke up one day with that bond
Replied back as she consider

Our relationship flourished with joy
The night we eventually met
Proving my point, when girl meets boy
Love in motion, already set

Everything’s unforgettable
The kisses, hugs, intimacy
And the sorts digesting the soul
Which took my breath so easily

Not all endings are happy ones
As our journey turned turbulent
I blew it again, this chance
Separation is imminent

Reasons unknown in the open
Asked her about the decision
Right between us, things didn’t tend
To work out, it’s a frustration

Tried and begged to reconsider
A resolve of her was a mistake
Yet insisted, didn’t matter
Something anyone could not fake

A lot of questions in the mind
"What went wrong?” in myself, wondering.
To quit here, for being left behind
While in the balance, I’m hanging.