That’s The Way I Loved You

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Inspired by Taylor Swift’s The Way I Loved You…

He’ll keep me company when I can’t sleep at night,
The one who does it all and makes it perfectly all right,
He drops everything for me; holds me in the pouring rain,
Tries his best; he takes away the pain,

Yes, he takes away the pain; makes me forget all about you,
And maybe if I say it enough times, it’ll become true…
He’s charming, He’s never late, He’s perfect,
He calls when he says he will, He’s so honourable and he’ll never suspect…

He’s funny, makes me laugh, yet it’s a hollow sound,
He lets go of me and asks me what’s wrong, turning me ’round,
I say it’s nothing, that I’m perfectly fine,
And yet the sinking feeling in my heart says he’s not the one I want to be mine,

You were so insanely, madly, deeply fascinating,
So incandescently, wildly, frustratingly, intoxicating,
And I miss screaming and fighting, and cursing your name,
And kissing in the rain and going insane,

He’s sensible and comfortable and,
Brings flowers for my mother and,
Talks business with my father and,
And is loved by all the girls in this desolate land,

And yesterday, at my favourite lake, we met you,
And I held him defiantly, trying to prove to you that our love was true,
Even though I wanted to kiss you more than anything else,
But your grey-green eyes saw through everything in myself,

Saw through the lies and pretenses and doubts,
And you could have said it right there and then and brought it out,
But you didn’t, and something in me is breaking,
Because that last shred of hope in me is dying,

I excuse myself, and he offers to drive me home,
I politely decline, and your bright eyes follow me as I walk away alone,
And I’m running and running as far as I can away from you,
Across meadows and gardens and lakes and through,

And then I stop heaving for breath, and I look about,
It’s a hidden dreamland, our old favourite spot,
I look around reminiscently, and then something startles me,
I turn around and who do I see, but you,

You, wearing your dark jeans and a green jacket,
You, smiling sadly as if this had not gone as you planned it,
I take a step back even though I want to run into your arms,
And you look like you want me to do the same, intoxicated by your fiery charms,

No one says a word, and it’s silent except for the sound of the grass under your feet, as you walk toward me,
And you do something I could never ever have hoped to see,
You pull me into your arms, and I look up, surprised,
And as the world melts away, it was then I finally realized…

I never even wanted to care about him, it was always you,
Your charms, your smiles, your laughs, it was always really true,
Now you keep me company at night,
You’re the one who holds me and always makes it right,

With your perfect, intoxicating, incandescent love,
And I know this is all I’ve ever wanted, your true love,
And now, five years later, with your ring on my finger,
It was that day I’ll never forget and always remember.
ANVI TUTEJA

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this is a cry for help’s release date is Friday, 27.12.2024.
Read more from VALIDATION at Anvi’s Thoughts Caught.

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– Auld Lang Syne, REPUTATION
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– Opposites Attract, Incandescence