"And I know that it's so cliche"

The touch of your skin lingers on me
I can feel your heartbeat
racing under my fingertips

You make my heart take flight,
and I’m soaring to new heights.
I’ve passed cloud nine
I’ve touched the stars
that glisten in your eyes.

You free me
from the chains I’ve always held so dear
You wake me
from the nightmares I’ve trapped myself in
You kiss me
and the world starts to turn in reverse

I’ve never felt so alive,
I’ve never felt so beautiful,
I’ve never felt so in love.

I love you.

Him.

He completes me.

Soft,

Warm,

Caring,

Kind.

He's everything I ever wanted.

I love him fiercely.

For once, I'm completely happy.

And I wouldn't exchange this for anything in the world.

"Glad that you can forgive, only hoping that as time goes you can forget"

I regret how it ended with you.

I know we weren't really anything official.

I know that it wasn't going to last.

I know that I never really loved you.

But...

You wanted it to be official.

You wanted it to last.

You loved me.

And I left you behind in my dust when I left.

I found someone new.

And now I love him.

I just wish that I had more tact.

You deserved a phone call.

I was moving on so rapidly that you didn't fit in my new life.

You had changed,

It was like I didn't know you anymore.

And there was the distance.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy where I am now.

I would never go back to you.

But I miss you.

We started this as friends.

Then we spiraled into lust, and it all changed.

I miss how unapologetically badass you were.

You stood your ground, even to the point of violence.

You protected and loved with ferocity.

I want that in my life.

But not in the way that I had it.

I still think of you

Your cigarette kisses,

Your rough hands,

Your brash actions.

You've changed me.

But I don't want it back.

I miss you, but I don't want you.

I love him.

But I'm sorry.

And every time I think back upon our summer,

I'll be sorry.

I regret how it ended with you.