ECHO

Running fast through the forest,

Trying to find the sound above,

My heart is beating to the chorus,

Of our young unrequited love.

Whether near or far,

Wherever you are,

I’ll always remember,

That dreadful gleam in your heart.

You’re a magnificent being,

A true star.

You chose 

To never show me who you really were.

A chameleon,

Made from dirt.

From dusk to dawn,

You never knew my worth.

Every blue moon,

I wonder where you are?

Love for the ages?

I wouldn’t reckon us so.

Love of adolescence?

Yes, we both know.

You left in a fleet,

Made me fall to my knees,

Time after time,

I wept to be released.

No doors could I close,

With you so close.

I just wish you only knew,

How much I dreaded your choke.

When you finally left,

You took a souvenir.

Not my heart,

—You thought—

But a veneer.

The girl you left in the forest,

Barely made it out alive.

But with all her efforts,

She chose to echo out her prize.

Free at last, she was,

To the lies you had her under.

Too bad you both no longer talk;

She now rules your thunder!