From the first time I saw you, 

I knew I wanted to be with you.

 

We’re both broken, 

and that’s why we fit.

 

The music plays—for the deaf—  

notes echo where words don’t exist.

 

There are truths I won’t speak aloud;  

the cosmos will set them right.

 

Your infidelity? Don’t drag me down—  

I’d rather vanish from that night.

 

You say he might have feelings for you

But I know he doesn’t see you the way I do.

 

I picked her up at the bar;

I prefer you, but she’ll do for tonight.

 

I am ready to march on

And you are still stuck in the past. 

 

Forgive yourself and do your best.

 

I know all I offer 

is a pool of dreams

Bad habits 

And half of a heart.

 

Maybe I don’t make you laugh 

But at least I don’t make you cry.

 

The truth is I haven’t been this honest

With anyone for a while.

 

That’s why the pain cuts so deep.

That’s why the tears run dry.

 

I know you have two lives

That beat with your heart.

 

So much to do

So much to give.

 

I know you said if we met

Ten years before

We’d be perfect

We’d be set.

 

But life doesn’t work that way

And I am struggling to understand.

 

Why did Mr. Cupid guide you to me,

What flame must I yet feel before I’m free?

 

We stay entwined until the snow withdraws—  

waning into pools of what once nearly was.

 

When we finally meet again—  

there will be nothing left to say.

 

Just a hug from a stranger

I once met. 

 

 

Marko Grujić