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Teenage Dreams
A poem from my book
I followed my fallow heart
took a path of love and destruction
wandering upon twists and turns
through a dark forest of bare broken branches
and sunny meadow full of wildflowers
you became my all
my focal point
I gifted you my all
while believing that I only deserved
a bit of your some
I fell hard, deeply and fully
the way a teenager does
when emotions ran high and low
so full of color and sound
everything magnified to an extreme
I lost myself
in a pit of despair
with nothing to compare
in this life experience
so far
I remember you in my dreams
waiting by a phone
for the sound of your voice
a validation that I was worthy of your love
not understanding it was my love I needed
looking outwards
for something that should come from within
lessons learned through trial and error
until emotions dulled
and colors faded through a test of time
where teenage dreams
lost luster and shine
with a harshness of reality
new dreams were made
with newfound shallow maturity
