You left me stranded in a sea of need,<\/p>\n
As winter winds whipped through my shattered heart,<\/p>\n
Abandoned, left alone to slowly bleed,<\/p>\n
I felt your love dissolve and fall apart.<\/p>\n
Our silence, a chasm that destroyed,<\/p>\n
The bond that once we shared so deep and true,<\/p>\n
You were silent, aloof, and devoid,<\/p>\n
Of all the care and passion that you knew.<\/p>\n
I stumbled, lost and broken, in your wake,<\/p>\n
Not knowing if to leave or stay and try,<\/p>\n
But love can never be a road half-taken,<\/p>\n
It’s all or nothing, truth or else a lie.<\/p>\n
You say you love me deeply, but I know,<\/p>\n
That love’s a flame that withers in the cold,<\/p>\n
Neglect and absence, they’re the winds that blow,<\/p>\n
And leave our love a ruin, grim and old. A mountain of love, now slowly crumbles,<\/p>\n
As silence echoes through our broken hearts,<\/p>\n
My soul, now lost and weak, no longer humbles,<\/p>\n
For love, once bright, now crumbles and departs.<\/p>\n
My heart, though fragile, beats with strength and pride,<\/p>\n
It knows that love must soar or else be free,<\/p>\n
So answer me, my love, before we slide,<\/p>\n
Into the darkness of uncertainty.<\/p>\n
Use all your words, your actions, and your deeds,<\/p>\n
To prove that love can still be strong and true,<\/p>\n
Or set me free, to follow where my heart leads,<\/p>\n
And start anew, without this pain and rue.<\/p>\n
If you detach, I’ll cherish your friendship,<\/p>\n
Though it will cut deep like a sharpened knife,<\/p>\n
But I am strong, and I can handle hardship,<\/p>\n
If it will bring an end to all this strife. For we cannot go on in this half-life,<\/p>\n
Where we get along for days and then stay still,<\/p>\n
Our silence cuts deep like a sharpened knife,<\/p>\n
And kills the love that we once used to feel.<\/p>\n
Let us choose the path that’s best for us, And if that means we must say our goodbyes,<\/p>\n
I’ll mourn the love that we once shared, but thus,<\/p>\n
I’ll find the strength to spread my wings and fly.<\/p>\n
Our love, a puzzle with missing parts,<\/p>\n
A mystery that we can no longer solve,<\/p>\n
But I won’t settle for half-hearted starts,<\/p>\n
I need a love that’s solid, one that won’t dissolve.<\/p>\n
So if you truly love me, show me now,<\/p>\n
Prove that our love is worth the fight,<\/p>\n
Or let me go, and we’ll both take a bow,<\/p>\n
As we embrace a new dawn, a brand new light.<\/p>\n
In the end, love is a journey of the soul,<\/p>\n
With peaks and valleys that we must all traverse,<\/p>\n
But we must be brave enough to take control,<\/p>\n
And choose a path that’s worthy of our worth.<\/p>\n
Written by: insaf Raoufi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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