Love Poem: Regret
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Written by: Anna Huynh

Regret

At first it was light and at first we were gold
At first we both thought we would never grow old
Convinced we were destined to love and forget
Before all went dark and and we learned to regret

We fell out of a love that we thought was a hole
I lost who I was and found you growing cold
The things that you told me stopped making me smile
It turned out that forever was only a while

We thought we would fly but we couldn’t hold on
We couldn’t remember the sounds to our songs
Now I lie alone in a bed that’s too cold
Reminiscing on memories that have gotten too old

I should never have left but it’s too late to speak
You were all that I wanted and what I thought I’d need
But if I did return there would only be pain
Where the past is the present I cannot remain

I’ve been wiping off the glass with a dirty rag
Hoping it’ll clean but it just starts to scratch
Should have wished on the stars but we didn’t know how
For we thought we were different and refused to bow

But we learned as we sat in your old rusty car
That we couldn’t drown sorrows in a reservoir
So I sit here in silence with no need to cry
I look at my scars but I’m holding a knife