I used to be in love;
The world of mine revolved around one person,
My desires used to reside on him alone.
His attention was what I used to crave for,
That even a blink from him, kept me awake at night and kept me alive all day.

I used to think about him a lot;
Day and night I contemplate,
Everything I know about him felt sacred.

I used to love him more than what mere words of mine can describe,
Until a time came when I have come to realize —realized that I only have been blind...

Blinded by a love that’s selfish and was never kind…
A love that’s not good for me and not what I have imagined it would be.

As I watch trees sway,
I think once again about my yesterday.
How I have been swayed by the many things he said and did.
What I have become and the life of mine that had been destroyed by a love that I thought were mine.

Gazing now at my surroundings—in there I fixed my eyes as I think long and hard;
About the many things that had happened in my life,
The regrets I'm keeping inside my heart,
The chances I took and the ones I wish I had taken,
Things that left me with lessons in life I know I must learn from.