🌿Wonder
Stardust
Nanda Regine
He wished he knew soonerTo have noticed the stubborn intensity of denialThat effortlessly ran from his lipsDedicated to catch up to the "wishful thinker"HerGuilt will forever stay rooted within himGuilt that endured a growth spurt every timeOnly to be uprooted by refusalHe simply refused to accept that he was wrongHe wished he were never too lateLate to notice that time has weathered away her patienceIt now lay brittle, like the theme of autumnBroken down further by her "wishes lost"For she wanted "everlasting"And he only had "temporary" to giveAs the time ran low from dusk until dawnTheir Golden Hourglass chimed their finaleHe wished he knew soonerNow he understood the brutality of "wishes unreceived"As she had mistaken him for a Shooting StarWhen he was just... His Own Light
— Nanda Regine
From “Inside Her Roses”