Revisiting an Old Romantic Memory

Revisiting an Old Romantic Memory.
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Here recently, my mind has been
(more and more often)
revisiting an Old Romantic Memory;...
and such a process is Bittersweet.

Sometimes I catch myself laughing
(out loud) at Nothing,
until my laughter fades into
a Crooked Smile.
(then eventually I Weep.)

While I've never been a Fan
of Popular Mindsets,
or age old Cliches';...
I have Always felt
(and Known)
She is (or was)
The One For Me.

Yet somewhere down the Line
(which ironically became a
Twisted Maze.)
The Universe saw fit to Rob
me of my Destiny;..
so that I now sit here stewing,
Lost and Lonely,
cursing my inability to
bring back Yesterday!
(watching through cynical eyes
this World of Dreamers Flourish
and Play, as I dwell on thoughts
of this Love I Hate.)

Why must fate be so Cruel?
Giving others a Throne to
sit upon, while I'm left here
(broken) with a Stool?
Knowing painfully all too
Well that the One
For me will Never Be!
(and everyone elses Heaven is
my Hell.)

J.Stephen.H