#I decided to move forward, but I kept looking back.

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*I decided to move forward, but I kept looking back.

Because...
you were there...
back there
looking the other way
following another path
always alone,
or maybe surrounded by false loves.

You were always too proud
too proud to love.
Because love will kill you, won’t it?
But your pride will be the cause
of my death and yours.
Whoever doesn’t love is already dead, my dear.

I hate tragic endings
but they are part of romance novels.
Never would Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after.
Never would you and I
have a happy ending.
But don’t be sad,
we are Romeo and Juliet,
and that’s very romantic,
enough to be tragic.

The day you left,
along with your departure, you took my oxygen.
I haven’t breathed since then.
I guess it doesn’t hurt much,
empty lungs
for an empty chest.

I deprived myself of love and feelings.
No, not feeling is
depriving oneself of living.
Because if you don’t feel,
you’re already dead.

As much as it hurts,
I know I’m alive,
because I’m bleeding.
Since your sharp glances
looked at me,
cutting me.
I’m bleeding.
I’m agonizing.
I’m... living.*

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This poem is an emotional masterpiece, presenting the imagery of unrequited love, loss, and pride in a profound and beautiful way, making it feel as if we are living through each stanza. The beginning, with the poem’s title and the decision to move forward while still looking back because the loved one is there, immediately shows the lyrical voice’s reluctance to move on, highlighting the emotional attachment that still exists. The inability to completely let go, even while recognizing that the loved one has already taken another path perhaps even with other, though false, loves conveys a sense of loneliness, even when surrounded by others. This is incredible because it shows the beginning of the lyrical voice’s pain and leads us to reflect on what might have affected the relationship, such as the loved one’s pride or fear of fully surrendering to love, which becomes the greatest obstacle in the relationship. In the verse:

"But your pride will be the cause
of my death and yours.
Whoever doesn’t love is already dead, my dear,"

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we can understand that pride, this fear of loving, will only drive them apart, preventing such a beautiful love from flourishing. And the idea that those who don’t love are already dead reinforces the concept that love is essential in life, and that those who choose to forsake this feeling are already inert in life, thus becoming a form of living death. With the reference to Romeo and Juliet, a tragic but romantic story, we see the comparison between the characters of the work and the lyrical voice and their beloved, recognizing that, like in Shakespeare's play, they are destined not to end up together, even if alive, but dead inside. And yet, the lyrical voice still sees beauty in all of this, adding an extra layer of emotional pain.

This “internal death” is subtly portrayed in the following stanzas with the lack of oxygen after the beloved’s departure, as if she was the poet’s reason for existence, leaving only an empty chest, devoid of air and emotions. This leads the lyrical voice to briefly reflect on how he deprived himself of what he felt and left his heart behind, but he recognizes the need to feel in order to be alive, even if it’s painful. As seen in the last stanza, where the lyrical voice suffers, but it is in that suffering that he knows he is alive, because he is feeling.

This poem is wonderful, I loved it!!!SaberSaysPretty SaberSaysPretty

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I love this so much, it was so emotional

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This was truly amazing

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Amazing poem rico