#NaPoWriMo #5

I was watching this TED video, The power of vulnerability  by Brené Brown, in which she says:

“Well you know that situation where you get an evaluation from your boss, and she tells you 37 things that you do really awesome, and then one thing… you know? An opportunity for growth. And all you can think about is that opportunity for growth? Well, that’s how my work went as well. Because when you ask someone about love, they tell you about heartbreak; when you ask people about belonging, they tell you the most excruciating examples of being excluded; and when you ask people about connection, the stories they told me were about disconnection.”

The sentence about love and heartbreak caught my attention. I kept thinking about my heartbreaks (Oh boy, they were few lethal enough). Right now, going back those times, I am glad that I moved on and learned valuable lessons. (This is the resilient me talking), yes but some nights, memories do come back and haunt. Reminded of those times, I wrote this small piece.

Unrequited Love

I wished to bid you farewell with all my heart.

I wished you looked back.

I wished we never met.

I wished you never left.

I wished I had given you all my hours.

I wished you had given me a second chance.

I wished to go back to start

I wished you came along with me this time.

                                                                       ~Deep