Love Poem: The One I Chose To Stay
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Written by: Shani Fassbender

The One I Chose To Stay

An immediate infatuation
 extinguished after one season
   of young love and wavering
    emotions 
Regretfully I lost your heart
  and your trust, so 
I had to let you go

I’ve selfishly carried you
 through the years
An imprint on my heart
 I cannot erase
My illusions to endure
 waking from dreams unsure
I try to let you go

I ran into you
 like an old love song
You took my breath and my heart
 when you drove away
I realized you were not only
 the one who got away
  but also the one
I chose to stay