We Shall Love Until We Don't

We shall love until we don’t, my dear

Walking along the sun-kissed lake

Underneath leaves only a few months old

Sprouted from 200-year- old branches.

That is you and I

My dear.

We shall love until we don’t

despite my dirty heels

and your vast collection of shoes.

Despite my expectations

and your expectations

because we live only right now

my dear.

We shall love until we don’t

even if I have never touched your breast

unless it was against mine

with your boyfriend

circling nearby like a shark-

sensitive.

We shall love until we don’t,

My friend

For I will not pretend to wait

For all of the obstacles to clear.

No, I will love you from afar

For it is far superior to love in pain

than to not love at all,

My friend.

We shall love until we don’t

Even if we’re never in the same time zone

Even if you never find time for me

Because I would rather love silently

Than not at all

Stranger.