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To where your soul remains

And the promises once made

By Michelle Liew Tsui-LinPublished 11 months ago ā€¢ 1 min read
To where your soul remains
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Haunting regret that time will not erase.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

I do go back to where your soul remains,

The wind still blows your unforgotten tune,

My mind repeats the promises we made.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

Through wakeful nights, my memory in chains

Each visage seems a thousand miles to walk

I do go back to where your soul remains.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

Time has gone past, but my mind disobeys

All things have changed, but my love still deems strong

My mind repeats the promises we made.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

I call your name when my courage does not stay,

Pretend that your embrace was still as strong;

I do go back to where your soul remains.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

Your spirit forms in dreams I can't dissuade,

The morn shakes me up, proving I was wrong;

My mind repeats the promises we made.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

Now my hope feels numb, hopeless and afraid;

And I hum the heartfelt tune you sang;

I do go back to where your soul remains.

My mind repeats the promises we made.

šŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”šŸ•ŠļøšŸ’”

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Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin

Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.

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