58. Where a line is drawn

"A series of stratagems to avoid and outwit that guy..."

I like
writing to you
at early
morning

when
everybody's
still asleep
and I
can catch
some free thoughts
while
there's still
many of them
flying around

like an underdog
laying low
like I
always have

never
mainstream
nor
against
the stream

all I care
is that
deep inside
where
I'll always
keep you

I'm not

our crossroads
caught us
heading
towards different
directions

but easy come
has not been
easy gone
this time

this was
born
so suddenly
out of thin air
naturally
almost
like it was
meant to be

maybe that
afternoon
when I saw you
passing by
so upset
without
noticing my glance

or
your charming
let's call them
unwilling
grammatical
consultations

or
that night
at the pub
years ago

or maybe in
another life

but it
won't go away
so naturally

though
it might be
the best
for the sake
of the now

with this
I have reached
half of what
I promised
writing

and I'm so close
to the deadline
I set myself
yet
it feels
like I just started

maybe
I'll leave
the other half
unwritten
and just let
things be
let them
flow

in the end
all this
might have
been nothing

if I have
to give it all up

erase
all this

just to see you
happy

I wouldn't
hesitate
to loose it

because
all I ever
truly
cared
for

is you

I think
you know
by now

just keep that
with you
wherever
you may go
whomever
you are with

if it can
still
draw a smile
on your face

be all
you've
ever wanted

keep the promise
you've made
to yourself
before we met

keep
changing
always
for better

be true
to yourself
and don't look back

if you ever
felt the need
of doing something
in retribution
that's what
I'll gladly have

though
having
something in return
has never been
what I was
waiting for

because
you've already
given me
the best moments
of this chapter
of my life

and never doubt
that
you'll always have
the best of me

you'll always be
Lady Layla
to me

"...how Latin is that Japanese man"