​”The Boy”

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The boy that you were before.

The boy that you are.

I still love you before and after.

Our lips haven’t pressed but I shall wait for our true loves kiss.

I want our love to come from within not with sin.

The boy that you were before was a saint.

I fear that it’s too late for the boy that you became after.

The boy that you were before walked in the night, taking a risk just for us.

I fear that the boy you became no longer remembers that night.

The boy that you were before wanted to sit in silence as our eyes watch another.

I fear that the boy you became doesn’t have the same care as you did before.

The boy that you were before understood me in the way I never was before.

I fear that the boy you became after no longer does.

The boy that you were before never would’ve ignored me even though I would sometimes make him hurt.

I fear that the boy you became after lacks the sympathy that you once carried.

The boy before and after is still the boy that I cherish even if he’s starting to perish.