Michelle Lo
Wise men always told me only fools rush in,
But when we are young we assume they know nothing.
I still look back upon the days
When I was caught in that lavender haze
Where a simple gaze could set my heart ablaze.
I still remember those simple times
Of late-night laughs and dark summer skies.
But when you said you loved me,
Was that a truth or a lie?
You say that you’re happier now that we’re over,
But have you ever stopped to consider the sorrow I still shoulder?
I’ve tried to forgive
And I’ve tried to forget,
But my heart still holds grief too painful to offset.
Wise men say one day you’ll find someone new.
Until then I’ll wipe my tears to hide my truth
Because I know I was happier with you.
Michelle Lo, a sophomore, has been writing poetry since 8th grade. Inspired by Elvis Presley’s song “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” Lo conveys her grief through her poem that opposes the idea of falling in love, falling out. Memories of Us is a poem that Lo wrote after the breakup of her and her ex-boyfriend. “I had been thinking about writing that poem for a week or two and knew it had to be done while the wounds were fresh,” said Lo. Using illustrative language, she begins by describing the feelings of young love. Still, as the poem progresses, she layers the bitter aftermath of having to forget someone you once loved. She ties the whole piece together by ending the poem with a variation of how she started it, a symbolic full circle of her emotions. Lo wanted to encapsulate all sides of dealing with loss and a broken heart within her poem.
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