Now And Then Poem by Romeo Della Valle

How can I possibly
Erase my past?
When loving you,
I have not stopped
And still your picture
Hangs in the wall
Of my now tormented mind
While keeping my past alive!

A true love never cast
And neither us was at fault
Of that final fall
But destiny itself,
All the blame holds!
How much I would love
To have you back!

Sadly, a fact is fact
And there is nothing I can do
To happily reverse the present
When once things have changed,
They can't be turned back
To its original forms!

Now you have turned
From a passionate lover
Into a permanent muse,
Behind most of my poems
With a question lingering
Still unanswered:
Is it love or obsession
What I really feel for you?

Now, here I am,
Trying to reconcile
My mind and heart
While fully aware
That our relation
Was never meant to last!
You freely went your way
And sadly I went mine
But I am still feeling
The uncontrollable emotions
Of yesterday's
volcanic eruptions!

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