Twice as nice !!!

You were far away      

In my thoughts
I had flung you
Out of bounds from my universe

Not because of hatred

But because of fear

That if I remembered

I will love you more than myself

It wasn’t easy
I knew I was being

Unkind to myself

A torment unspeakable

There was a time

When the world was merrier

Just because

Of your presence

Everywhere I turned

Images of you conjured up
Gave the zing to my step

and a song to my soul.

But I decided to change

Lived in self denial

For reasons beyond my control

I moved on

But life had other plans

I had to meet you, fleetingly though

Memories came flooding back

This time twice as nice.

Vincy Joseph

P.S : This is my humble attempt at Poetry. I am a novice at this.  Any resemblance to incidents that connects u & me, imaginary or real, is purely intentional J