"If You’ll Ever Come Back, Please Meet Me At The Shore”

This is a poem I made when I was in college. Our teacher asked us to make a sestina, and this is it. :)

Sitting by the sandy shore

Gazing at the breathtaking sunset

I am patiently waiting for my girl

Who set off to find her own life

“I’ll wait for you ’til the end of time”

I said, though we’ve finally waved goodbye.

Once I’ve thought that there’s no such goodbye

‘Coz we both took a vow by the shore

We have endured pains over time

We both lay in the sands, staring at the sunset

Me, caressing her, assuring her of a life

That’s wonderful, for I deeply loved this girl.

I give all my life to that girl

But to my surprise, she said goodbye

She said, “I have to find my life,

I’m sick of being with you by the shore

Tired of watching the sunset

I’ve lost so much time.”

She said she has lost so much time

I wanna ask myself , how I’ve messed up with my girl

I’ve done nothing wrong, as witnessed by the sunset

I cannot trace he mistakes, mystery is this goodbye

As I stand alone, staring blankly at the shore

Trying to reflect on what she did to me, she spoiled my life.

We had shared difficulties and pains of life

Yet I think it is not yet our time

To lay again upon the shore

With the love of my life, beside my girl

My greatest fear is the word “goodbye”

Worst, she said it to me under the dazzling sunset.

It makes me cry, reminiscing under the sunset

The things we should’ve done, oh life

Why are you so rude? I hate goodbye

I still love her all this time

Please come back to me, my girl

I need you back, stay with me again at the shore.

I guess, for us, this is the end of time

But I believe we’ll be together again, after life

And if you’ll ever come back, please meet me at the shore.

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