21st Lit MA3 Part 2 (35 ACQ)

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Let me photograph you

A poetry book inspired by the song "A Soulmate Who Wasn't Meant to Be

written and organized by sammy sobiono

Let me photograph you

Let me photograph the contour of your lips as you tell me words of affirmation because i know i'll miss it eventually Let me photograph you while we eat for I am well aware that someday, you will have someone to go to your favorite restaurants with. Let me photograph you while you walk because I know someday you'll be walking home someone new

arete

Let me record you

Let me record you Let me record your voice while you sing, because I know someday you'll be singing someone else's favorite song. Let me record you while you tell me you like me for I am well aware that someday, you're not even gonna wanna see me Let me record the way your eyes shrink as you smile because i know someday, i'll only be able to capture glimpses of you.

bluealley

Let me hold you for a little longer for I know there will come a day, your hands will intertwine with hers. Let me treat you as my mural, though i know i'll end up begging for footnotes in your life

Let me do these things for you, for I know someday I no longer will be able to There will come a time that I'd have to let you go.

ashssidewalks

But at least I have your photographs, your recordings, and our memories to reminisce whenever I miss you

At least I had you At least I still have evidences that we met.

Because you and I,

We're soulmates who aren't meant to be.

So let me love you for all the time that we have, because I know forever isn't ours

Author's Notes

The piece is inspired by "Love Among the Ruins," "A Soulmate who wasn't meant to be," and the author's personal story. It expresses the transience of young love and how its evanescence makes it even more intense. Understanding that a love is just fleeting makes one more motivated to treasure and care for "what is" before it fades into "what was."

"i say love sets me free but not in the way the dictionary defines it. i am free because i have the choice to go, or to surrender, and let myself fall (apart).

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