do you never dream
and have trouble sleeping?
if you listened, really listened
how different things could be

here we are
all creating our identity
claiming this is who we are
but here, the truth
it never gets that far

seeing you
is just a reminder
that once
i really did find her

i fell in love with you
head over heals
you taught me to live again
and how it truly feels

love affairs
sex
flirting
all these texts
it’s not working

think like me
and give me
a new book or poem
to read

these days
and in these moments
you seem softer
and closer
than you have ever done

but i have
ben drowning in clichés
for sometime now
so forgive me
when i say
it is me and not you

and where once
they dreamed of
fairytales coming true
now they settle down
with, ‘making do’

well, to the waters of life
i will not yield
i am an ocean goer
this is how i always feel