It's been a while since I've seen you or heard your voice

Tell me, baby, are you living the life of your choice?

Have you found the girl of your dreams yet;

Or are you still searching for the perfect brunette?

Where are you, apart from my mind?

Whose shadow are you hiding behind?

Where are you wandering, are you nearby?

Is your favorite hobby still to lie?

Is pleading innocence still your go-to every time it gets rough?

Have you yet stumbled across another who's told you to stop, told you it is enough?

Are you still riding the darkness, wearing its starry cloak?

Or did you finally learn your lesson and revoke?

Are you still sleeping a slumber or are you now awake?

Did the bad dream end or is it too late?

Are you too far gone to ever come back or are you a changed man?

Are you ready to forget everything, finish it like it never began?

Can you smile true, can you leave behind your old ways?

Can you hold your hands up for me to walk right back into your embrace?

This time can you lean on me for support, not push me away?

Can you let us flourish, can you protect us from decay?

Can you become my safe place, can you be my home again?

Find your way back to me however far you roam away?

Can you wake me in the morning, kiss me goodnight

Stick by my side, love me again like it was always alright?

-Vaish
(17/6/22)

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A/N: Why am I updating all of a sudden? Cause I've had these drafts for a long time and I lost the will to complete and perfect them. Yesterday, I was so done with my studies, I literally threw my books in a corner and logged into wattpad. So here we are lol.

Context about the poem: this is how I see most love stories and rom-coms these days. It's lucid, changing, and hard to grab but expected. Above all, about it's how love makes a fool of us all.

Girl loves guy, they have a falling out, she misses him, hates him, misses him, realizes she will love him eternally, asks him if he can change, and tells him she wants him back. It can happen in a million ways, but most of us still wait on the edges of our seats and suck it up every single time. It ain't normally a good choice for her, but she does it anyway and it works out cause the author makes it. It's cute, but it's so misleading. And unrealistic. Urgh, I'm ranting again. 

Haha anyways, how're you guys doing?