Sleeping Beauty

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Lost love

I remember when we first met 

If then I'd only knew 
We were only together a while 
But my heart will always be true

 

For now you're just my sleeping beauty 
Dressed in billowing white 
You were destined for greatness 
But doomed to the never ending night

 

He was overly possessive 
He thought you belonged to only him 
So when you tried to leave 
He ended it all on a whim

 

He shattered every dream you had 
He cut them like a knife 
He took away my happiness 
The day he took your life

 

And now you're just my sleeping beauty 
Dressed in billowing white 
You could have known such greatness 
But were doomed to the never ending night

 

And now all I am left with 
Are my memories of you 
And I wait the shadowy night 
For my dreams to come true

 

For only when the night comes 
May I know your embrace 
And as the morning light flickers 
You vanish without a trace
 
For now you're just my sleeping beauty 
Dressed in billowing white 
You were destined for such greatness 
But doomed to the never ending night 
Now I long for the never ending night.
Author's Notes/Comments: 

This was written a long time ago when I was 17. I had married my first husband, which fyi was an arranged marriage. I wanted to marry another, but my mom had ran him off so I finally agreed to marry her choice. Well, as soon as I was married, the one I wanted started writing again. My then husband didn't approve and could be abusive at times, so I wrote this poem from the other guy's perspective. Of course, he didn't wait for me and married another... originally written in 1995

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