What was it that attracted me to you? <br />Was it your corny jokes or your unique views? <br />Was it sincerity, a promise of friendship so true? <br />Or your winning smile that lifts me from the blue? <br /> <br />What was it that made me trust in you? <br />Was it your constant assurance that you’d see us through? <br />Was it your strong will and determination? <br />Or the way you stare at me whatever I say and do? <br /> <br /> <br />What was it that brought me to you? <br />Was it the will or curse of the heavens? <br />Was it our kharmic link transporting us in time? <br />Or your dreams echoing that I naively listened to? <br /> <br />What was it I believed in you? <br />Was it your sincere words, kind, and true? <br />Was it your honest and selfless intentions? <br />Or the courageous-underdog-but-a-real-hero in you? <br /> <br />What was it that dispelled the illusion of you? <br />Was it your real self unfolding? <br />Was it your rejection, your hurting treatment? <br />Or self-preservation, your escape from the world? <br /> <br />What was it...? Ah, it had all vanished. <br />In time, I will remember you with sadness <br />The shining star that disappeared from the heavens <br />Inspired many, energized, guided, shone, dimmed... gone.<br /><br />Maria Luz de Castro<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-star-that-was/
