Erase it? Really?!

Though a sack of grief I carry,

Amidst the crowd I smile, a little teary

In the ocean of tears, I sail,

My love, I still hail.

They say begin a new story

Look for another boy

But I am a jar of memories

With a mix of chocolates and berries

It satiates my palette

With no taste for canned cherries.

It is a heavy heart I have inside

Filled with vivid moments of time

Time when we loved at ease

Carving intricacies of life with so much peace

It was such a beautiful dream

I didn't want to wake up

Thoughts aligned in a stream

With no ifs and buts.

We tried to hold the slipping sand

While we hiked hand in hand

We hoped for the best

And with those crushed

We are living without any zest.

To start afresh,

I need a clean slate

But I don't even want to date!

It is a chapter I wrote on crisp papers

And I don't want those to crease

Don't you ask me to erase it, please!