{"sf1_id":462841,"sf2_id":"lmXZaQG1","title":"Bitter","author":"techfistWolfguy","words":401,"posted_at":"2012-11-16T01:53:00.000Z","tags":["Heartbreak","Passing","Sad","Sorrow","Winter","years"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/462841-bitter","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/lmXZaQG1","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=462841\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#7 of Poetry\n\nA little something sad, since I hadn't written anything like this in a while","content":"Aged  \nYet tender\n\nAre the thoughts\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nMy arms\n\nAround you  \nAs I whisper  \n  \nTo you\n\nMy true feelings\n\nFor you  \n  \nMy one\n\nAnd only\n\nLove  \n  \nThe one\n\nWho I yearn\n\nTo have\n\nThe one  \nI wish   \nTo be with  \n  \nUntil  \nMy life\n\nBegins to fade\n\nThe days  \nWe spent   \nTogether  \n  \nSo warm\n\nAnd loving  \nI could never forget  \n  \nThe laughs\n\nWe shared  \nSo filling  \n  \nThe way   \nYou spoke  \nSo soothing  \n  \nThe weeks  \nWe'd be together  \nA dream\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBut  \nAs with all  \nGood things  \n  \nAn end  \nCame to my   \nWishful thoughts\n\nThe day  \nWhen it all  \nChanged\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou spoke\n\nOf another,\n\nOne  \n  \nWho had  \nStolen your heart\n\nAnd swept off your feet\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nA man of class\n\nAnd wealth  \nWith a desire  \n  \nTo make you  \nHis own  \nUntil his time  \n  \nComes\n\nTo an end  \nBy your side\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nShapeless emotions\n\nWelled up\n\nIn the deepest parts\n\nOf  \nMy inner self;   \nA rift\n\nIn the thoughts\n\nThat kept me   \nMoving ahead\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDevoid   \nNow lies\n\nMy mind\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI lost\n\nThe one   \nWho I cherished\n\nFor   \nThe words  \nI could not speak\n\nHanging\n\nOn the end\n\nOf my tongue  \n  \nWere spoken  \nBy another  \nOne who  \n  \nYou would  \nLove back;   \nYour missing half  \n  \nFated,  \nWas I,  \nTo never be\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBy your side  \nThough  \nI cannot accept it   \n  \nMy mind  \nSobs  \nAs it shatters  \n  \nTears  \nOf crimson life\n\nIt cries\n\nAll of what\n\nI wished to be  \nWill never become\n\n\u0026nbsp;No  \nI am wrong  \nMy Love  \n  \nWill be happy  \nAnd  \nTo stand   \n  \nBetween them  \nWould be selfish\n\nBeyond words\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI smile,  \nNod,  \nAnd move on  \n  \nI cannot show  \nWhat lies  \nWithin  \n  \nI do not  \nWish to burden  \nThe one whom I love still\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nAnd so  \nThings   \nTook their course  \n  \nDays drifted   \nWeeks slipped by  \nAnd months trickled through  \n  \nThe gaps  \nIn my mind:  \nBroken  \n  \nTime  \nDid not heal  \nThese wounds  \n  \nThough   \nThe pain  \nNumbed  \n  \nAs I distanced\n\nMyself  \nFrom you  \n  \nWork  \nFilled my days  \nAs my grip  \n  \nSlowly began  \nTo tighten  \nOnce more  \n  \nAs of today  \nTwo years   \nHave passed  \n  \nThoughts of you  \nStill linger   \nWarm to the touch  \n  \nFor the first time  \nIn a what seems  \nLike ages  \n  \nI saw you   \nAs you glance over\n\nAnd smile at me\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOh  \nHow I loath  \nTo leave your presence\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nSo tender   \nAnd warm:  \nUnwavering  \n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThough  \nThis pain  \nWill never depart  \n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBiting  \nAs the Winter's winds;  \nBitter\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/461800-forever-you-and-i.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/465649-midnight-s-rose.json"}}