Blink Poem by Starfish ZA

I blink to stop the tears from falling,
but they keep coming, like a river I can't dam.
How could it end this way, when you gave up on me,
and the dreams we once shared are now nothing but dust?

We loved from the moment we met,
like two halves of a whole—
long walks through fields where silence spoke louder than words,
and the hours we spent unraveling each other's pain.
Was I just a stepping stone,
a bandage for your broken heart?
I waited for you—years, silent and patient,
while I was your secret, hidden in the shadows.
Finally, I thought we were ready.
But you drove me away,
and a stranger replaced the person I once knew.

I blink to stop the tears from falling,
but my heart is already gone,
shut behind the door you locked and threw away the key.
How can you say I failed you,
when it was life that tore us apart?

Don't you understand? I never left you.
This curveball was just another test—
to keep us strong, to see if love could survive.
But you chose to walk away,
to find another,
and left me in the dust with no explanation,
no reason, no goodbye.

What happened to the love we shared?
What happened to the fire that burned between us?
It all feels so empty now,
like a room where the lights are turned off
and everything fades to shadow.
You're a stranger now,
and I'm left to pick up the pieces.

I blink to stop the tears from falling,
but they come anyway.
I don't know how to let go of you—
a person who isn't you anymore.