Boy

And

Girl

This is our story. A story we both have together.

About a girl and a boy who always have each other.

Forever this is our story, our very own love story.

That shares our tears and fears and even our glory.

It’s a very nice story that we share.

Oh darling, how I remember how much you care.

But this story cannot last forever. Oh no.

Because very soon, I will have to go.

How about we go together?

Then we shall remain forever.

I promised I would be there to catch you when you fall.

I promised I would be there right at your very call.

Don’t be so foolish, dear.

Please just accept, and don’t waste a tear.

I may have to go soon very far away

But remember in your heart I shall stay.

I just hate to think about life without you,

I cannot begin to imagine what I will have to go through.

My love for you is immense that I cannot think.

That even the tears in my eyes, I cannot blink.

I know you would move the highest mountains for me,

Or even cross the deepest oceans that you shall ever see.

But darling, this is life. It is how it is.

I need to go and forever will I be missed.

We have such little time and as the clock ticks by

All I can do is shut my eyes and try

To make the best of what little time we have

To make the best of what little time we had.

Soon, you shall leave my bedside.

Soon, you shall have to learn to confide

And learn to love somebody other than me.

Somebody other than me.

I cannot love again

Because of the pain.

And because you have my heart

I cannot go back to the very start.

Hmmm… Remember how we watched the stars in the night sky?

How we laid across the hilltop and watched the clouds go by?

Or even how we used to talk until late at night?

Or even when we broke out into one of our silly fights.

I do remember. But how about that day?

Was it irrational of me to ask you to stay?

I never got to ask you, but did I do something wrong?

Because I never expected for your answer to take so long.

Asking me to marry you, will not make me stay.

You should know that, so do not take this the wrong way.

I love you and that is all that matters.

Nothing in my heart will ever shatter.

I don’t want this day to come to an end,

You mean so much to me; you are more than a friend.

We may be so young but I know what we have is real.

Because no word other than love can describe how I feel.

I am only a part of your life. You can love me

Even for eternity but later on, another girl will let you see

That I am not the only one you can love

Even if I am at a place very high up above.

Just don’t be afraid to open up your heart

Because you cannot afford to be so thorn apart.

Like you said, we are very young and what we have is real

But in the future another girl will come along and make you feel

Because even when I am gone, you still have a life to live

Even when I am gone, you have an empty heart to fill.

You shall discover that there is more than the two of us

You shall discover that you can make more than one story.

You still have an empty heart to fill

Because with me gone,

You are still not done.

But-

No dear, no buts.

We’ve only-

Just begun.

<3 Jarrah Lim

for the poetry competition.

earth,flight and discovery.

i know mine seems far-fetched.

but... fuck it.

i'll redo it later.