Now, Before You

Before you, I use to always walk on the left side of the street.
Now, because of you, I walk on the right. There are flowers here on this side, and they are just as beautiful as you made me feel.

Before you, I never looked for dandelions.
Now, because of you, my only eyes are for dandelions. I let each wish dance away as the wind carries it to where it belongs.

Before you, I never needed to look at the moon to know I was not alone.
Now, because of you, I feel so alone that the moon is the only ray of light I feel when it's dark.

Before you, love songs weren't dedicated to anyone, soley the heartbroken and in love.
Now, because of you, all the love songs have a meaning. They all mean you.

Before you, I only had a bad habit of shaking my knee when I got bored.
Now, because of you, my hands tremble and I shiver all day long because of the storm you left when you said goodbye.

Before you, I use to sit alone feeling happy with the lonely world I was living in.
Now, because of you, my world is all but happy and emptier than before.

Before you, I wasn't able to see the world in different colors.
Now, because of you, the world is an artist's pallet, and it's too bright for me, I miss the grays.

Before you, I didn't need anyone to lean on simply because I didn't have anyone to lean on. Now, because of you, I'm falling on my knees because you left so quickly, and I didn't know how to save myself from falling down.

Before you, my love, the mall was just the mall, the slanted tree by the school was just a tree, the stars were just something I liked to look at, the world was just a place where I didn't belong.
Now, because of you, my love, my world is shattered, and nothing is what it use to be. You left footprints everywhere you went and no sand storm or blizzard can cover what you left behind. And God do I want it gone.

Reviews

[LastMonth]

An age old question.
I've said this already in a different review;
Is it better to love and be hurt?
Or to never know love in the first place?

We only know what we've lost after we had it.
We don't care for the loss of something that we never knew could be.

You tell a tale of sadness, but before it came happiness.
A tale of frustration, that was preceded by elation.
Fear, replacing excitment.

Ask yourself this, Would you rather forfit what you've gained?

Lovely little story/poem. Interesting, new writing style.
Thank you kindly.

[Mily]

I have been thinking about your question a lot lately, and I've come to the decision that I'd rather love and be hurt. I suppose it depends when you ask someone, if you ask them while they're in love, they'll tell you that they would rather love and be hurt, but if you were to ask someone who was heartbroken, I'd be more likely for them to say that they'd rather not know love. I think that sometimes, we know what we have, and we take it for granted, thinking that it'll be with us forever. I think it's an honor to love someone who loved you back, and I would forfit that gain even if I got one more second with the person I loved.

[LastMonth]

Thing about love, the human heart can only heal itself after losing it by loving another. Sometimes having someone new in our life can make all the scars and wounds disappear. Or at least blunt them.