On a cruise ship on the sea was a boy
He was handsome and filled with so much joy
With auburn hair and eyes that were sea green
He was 21 and I was 18

Asked me then if I had wanted to play
I was quite dumbfounded and said okay
He then explained the guidelines of the game
If I won, loser would be his new name

But if he won, he’d take me on a date
Got dinner & watched a movie called Fate
I had thought him to be another fling
Till we talked all night and I heard him sing

About the sorrows of his cruel past,
How he was lost but found me at last.
He strummed on his guitar and sang of lovers
A lover's lover killed by gods above

Taken the other out of jealousy
Their love had still prevailed undoubtedly.
The night had seemed to go on forever
The stars seemed to follow us wherever

You held my gaze and I was in a trance
Took my hand in yours and asked me to dance
It felt like we were the only ones there
You put your lips on mine and made me bare,

Held up my chin and told me you loved me
I was rendered speechless and filled with glee
This is what made Juliet fake her death
Made Orpheus crazy till his last breath

But like all fairytales, it had to end
My broken heart—no one but you could mend
The distance between us two was too much
I could not bear to be without your touch

We talk on the phone but it’s not the same
How I long to hear you whisper my name,

To see you draw me again as your muse
I still have the shirt that you let me use
Hope you know it still smells like your perfume.
I wish that you could take away this gloom.

The song that you made me is on repeat
You were always so caring and so sweet.
I really hope this letter finds you well
So sorry that we have to say farewell

I am glad to have met someone like you,
Thank you, D, for being my first love too.
And I pray that when you find someone new,
That you’ll make her feel as loved as I do.
Although we might lose our promise rings--
Always you’ll be, the boy who strums my heartstrings.
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