a girl on a bench

we’re too young
to be too old for each other
and while i ache
for your love
i know that it is not enough
to want it and to be enough
are two different things
and while i may not be it for you
time has proven that i once was
i’m no longer just a rose
i am one among a garden
and my best qualities are all
too familiar now
there’s nothing left for me to do
to win you.
you are mine but you are not
i have lost your soul and
i have lost your touch and
i can think of nothing that
hurt as much.

-a.absi

image by Author on 35mm film