Star-Crossed

- Rift: Part II - Poem II -

Before you, my heart was a restless tide,

A carousel spinning, nowhere to hide

Faces blurred in a fleeting stream,

Love was a shadow, not something I’d dream

You came like a dawn I didn’t deserve,

Steady and patient, your hand held my curve

You’d rather die than be anything but my man,

Yet I kept on drifting, without a plan

I never meant to hurt you, but somehow I managed to,

Shattering our trust, you thought it was the truth

My words grew sharp, my silence cold,

And our love’s bright flame burned out in the hold

The day I left, you watched me fade,

A soul reborn in the life you made

Time may forget you, but I won’t,

Not for the nights I could have, but don’t

Now you walk in a world without my name,

Free from the weight of my endless love game

And I live in the ruins of what we crossed,

Counting the lives I’ve already lost

Before the break, I was blind to the cost,

After, I knew exactly what I lost

We were star-crossed, but you found the sky,

And I’m grounded here, still asking why