king of the world you
were, when youth is filled with
invincible pride, everything at
your fingertips was yours for the
taking including me at your side.
slowly shredding a once vibrant
soul you took pleasure picking
the flesh off my bones.
I wished upon those very stars
and cried out in agony up to the
moon, for you to truly see the
value of me.
But promises from your addictions
to appease your flesh that caused
my affliction not soon enough for
you to regret.
you trampled and wiped your feet
across my heart as you left,without
a blink of an eye, and never saw
forever in them as I cried.
now a few years later .
you begged and pleaded a second
chance, to “please forgive me”
and maybe I can be happy at last.
it took me years to gather and
find my soul again ,from which you
scatter to the four winds and finally
see the value of who I’ve been
I said no.
we held each other for a long time
after,I never forgot that haunting
look of despair in his eyes.
I had the same look for many
months after his death, never knowing
whether I could have made a difference.
his memory haunts me, even now.


















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