love’s grief

have you ever thought
once again
about the one that got away
the one you secretly wished, stayed?

have you ever thought
once again
of his velvet eyes, his petulant smile
melting in sublime kisses at sunrise.

i know you think of him
regaling in his attention
enamored by his blissful skin
within dangerous darkness, you glisten.

have you ever thought
of love’s grief, abandoned destiny?
melancholic tears drying on your now wrinkly face
a lover who’s tired out of life’s incessant race.

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