Chance

Chance

“cos darling, you didn’t love me enough when you had the chance.”

you said you needed more time to gather yourself and make you whole. it’s funny, though, as the irony of it all is that while you were comfortably making yourself whole, i was literally being broken into pieces.

i was a mess, i was broken, i was lost, and you were not there; you didn’t even want to look me in the eye; for some reason, you seemed to despise even the sight of me near you, so i walked away and never look back, never bother you.

in the course of my walking away, i was slowly losing myself, i was losing my sanity. had you not shut your door for the both of us, maybe, just maybe, i would still be the same.

i lost my faith in people, and i lost my confidence in myself. had you not shut your door for the both of us, maybe, just maybe, i would have ended up crying on your shoulder that unfortunate afternoon and our story would have ended differently. our story would have had a happy ending had you not shut your door for the both of us or if only, maybe if only, you were brave enough to take that big leap on me when you had the chance.

i was broken, and i forever will be broken. i was a mess, and i forever will be a mess. and it began the day you decided not to take that big leap on me when you had the chance.

For Sadje’s WDYS:

https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/12/05/what-do-you-see-163-5th-december22/

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Michelle Ayon Navajas (born June 23, 1976) is a Filipino poet, writer, and educator. She is a Best-Selling international Poet known for her books reaching the #1 spot within days of their release. Her 8th poetry book, “I Am In Itself Poetry In The Dark,” went straight to the top of both the best-sellers list and new releases on Amazon on short notice. Her 7th poetry book, “It Ain’t Winning If Without You,” went straight to the best-sellers list on Amazon in less than 24 hours of release by pre-orders alone and eventually became the number Poetry Book on Amazon India on its actual release day, soon after the book rose to the best- sellers list as well in all other Amazon Markets worldwide. Currently, Michelle holds the title of having 4 books published in a row to have made it to Amazon’s Best-Sellers List ("I Will Love You Forever, Too,” “After Rain Skies, 2nd Edition,” “It Ain’t Winning If Without You,” and “I Am In Itself Poetry In The Dark”) and 3 books on Amazon’s #1Hot New Releases/New Releases ("I Will Love You Forever, Too,” “It Ain’t Winning If Without You,” and “I Am In Itself Poetry In The Dark”.) Her poetry appeared in several international literary magazines and anthologies such as Spillwords NYC, MasticadoresUsa, and MasticadoresIndia. Her poems “Holding Hands” was voted as Spillwords Publication of the Month for November 2021 and “Love Happens” was voted as Spillwords Publication of the Month for December 2022. She is also part of the award-winning ensemble of authors in two Poetry Anthologies, that are both Amazon Best-Sellers: Hidden In Childhood and Wounds I Healed. Graduated with a Master of Education majoring in English in the Philippines (University of San Agustin, Iloilo City). Michelle was a former college professor, teaching literature, speech & oral communication, creative writing, drama, and theatre arts. She is also a graduate of Mass Communications major in Journalism (Centro Escolar University, Manila). Michelle is active in her writing profession and works as a freelance creative writer. Follow her online: www.michnavs.wordpress.com IG @poetrybymich FB Poetry by Mich You Tube Poetry by Mich Amazon Author Central Goodreads View all posts by michnavs