NEPHART.COM

I will not sip poison

like Socrates drinking hemlock

just to ruminate

on the words

you arrowed into my heart

I will walk away

acknowledging

you were not

the right match for me

moving on

for most of us

is like Hercules

carrying a weight

too heavy for too long

this time

the weight is pressing me down

I cannot hold

your memories forever

I have to let them go

one day

one moment

even Hercules

needs rest

this life is short

I cannot hold on

to one feeling

forever

there are places

I have not been

cities

villages

paths

I have not crossed

maybe someday

with someone

I will walk them

the wind will carry

a sweet fragrance

the sun

will carry warmth

butterflies

will exhibit their colours

and clouds

will form a shape

and exactly

in that moment

I will return

to the same feeling

the same emotion

much refined

much stronger

and I will pour

all of it

into someone

I will be in love again

with a soul

that will carry me

far away

from this world

and maybe then

I will understand

what love

was supposed to be