For A Boy

You are magic.
And I mean that quite
literally. For fourteen years
now you have captivated
me, and, while I admit
you’ve broken my heart
multiple times, I think you’ve more
than made up for it.
Multiple times.

And now, we’re saying
good bye, this time
for real.

I’ve given you my heart
and I don’t want it back.
I won’t text you at four
in the morning, I won’t drive
by your house, or write
you letters, aside from this.

But I will check in,
now and then, on the past.
For all these years,
I’ve kept a pensieve.
And I’m not about to let
it go to waste.
I’ve got a lifetime
of memories to feed on,
until you come to visit me again.