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She stopped eating lunch with me<br />
And eventually she stopped talking to me<br />
Unlike her, my love didn?t fade, it just hurt<br />
But I didn?t cry<br />
I tucked my tears away deep inside and I promised myself I wouldn?t love anybody that much ever<br />
again so nobody could hurt me that much again<br />
And I haven?t<br />
I was 13 years old when I fell in love with the world<br />
I fell in love with its people, its art, its beauty<br />
I feel in love with its oceans and cities and towers<br />
And I was so happy that everyday I got to wake up and live in it<br />
But slowly, like a ringing in my ear, getting louder and louder<br />
I realized its faults<br />
I saw its poverty<br />
Its wars<br />
Its inequality and hurt<br />
T he little bag of pain that every person carries around<br />
But the world didn?t leave me like the cloud, the moon, and the girl did<br />
T he world just stood there<br />
Waiting<br />
T he steady pace of time, ticking onward<br />
I didn?t love the world, but it hurt a little less to just know it would stay<br />
I was 14 years old when I realized that I don?t think I?ll ever understand how to love<br />
Or how much to love a person<br />
Or how to help them when they?re hurt<br />
Or how hurt I should feel when they leave<br />
I don?t think I?ll ever fully understand what love is<br />
-Sofia Shriver<br />
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