By Manori C
Life marches on and on, no matter what.
What does it care about my emotions?
It just marches on, relentlessly,
Oblivious to the feelings of those living in it.
I only need one love to march alongside.
Billions of people—
Yet nobody's there to understand what I've been through.
Billions of people—
Yet I feel so empty and lonely.
Nobody's there to listen to how I feel.
The obstacles in my journey,
The challenges I've faced...
Heartbreaks and betrayals...
Then I cried out to the Creator:
How many times must my heart break,
In the name of your better plans?
How much strength do you still want from me
To stay strong and brave?
I asked for love—one true love.
Look at all this mess I've been through!
But how come I never realised
It wasn’t the love of the world that I needed?
Why didn’t I see
That what I asked for was always with me?
How did I never understand
That it was my own expectations from life that broke my heart?
Why didn’t I realise that nothing feels real
Without the love within me?
Are you real, God?
I was so far away from You.
Why didn’t I realise that all I ever needed was your love?
It was always you—the one true love.
I’m sorry that I’ve been so stubborn…
Forgive me, for I expected things
That were never meant to be mine—and hurt myself.
Let the people I love in this world push me away.
But please, don’t push me away from you.
Touch my broken heart and help me heal.
Give me one more chance
To start all over again—with your love.