𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: "Tracing Your Steps" by Hailey Olivarez

Published by Gabrielle Vergara

Date Published: January 19, 2023

Time Published: 9:34 AM

Category: Poetry

Theme: Unrequited Love

I became tired of falling in love,

I suppose I wasn't blessed from above.

I regret trying to have you—

I understood how my sick fantasies would never be true.

Someday, all of this will be memories;

I would forget about you for centuries.

Next time, I will be yours—

I wouldn’t take you by force.

If only you knew,

How much I adored you.

You were everything in my world,

Yet you were also the reason why my life whirled.

What was I to you?

Was I that hard for you to pursue?

I chased you day by day,

Only for you to run away.

If only you were mine—

I would've been a student and lover combined.

Yet, it never ended with us,

Why did I bother making such a fuss?

At least we knew each other.

I would someday stop chasing you further.

One day, I would stop being in love with you,

Someone would love me as I loved you.

I will keep thinking of you,

Until I forget you.

But until then, I will wait,

For you to answer me,

Of how you and I should be.