N.N. Nicky - Writing: Short Stories, Poetry

Before the Sad Goodbye   I hear the phone ringing, but I’m too afraid to pick up. It could be you calling to say you don’t love me anymore. Maybe tonight, you’ll finally give up on our love. Maybe this time, you’ll finally say goodbye. I don’t want to live without you. Can you hear my heart begging for you to stay with me? Doesn’t yesterday remind you of anything that was wonderful between us? Can you still feel the love between us? Or have you found someone else who treats you better than I can? What else can I do to make you love me? I’ve given you everything and spent my life loving you more than anything. I have nothing else to give but this beating heart. What more can I give you in this life to make you love me? 

Before the Night Takes You Away   One day you came and told me you had to go. Silently, I looked at you with all my heart but couldn’t find the words to say. I didn’t know what you wanted to hear from me and didn’t know what I wanted to hear from you. I stood there in silence and watched in loneliness as you turned and walked away. I wanted to reach out and hold you back, but you slowly disappeared into the night. I stood there thinking about tomorrow without you not knowing what I’d said or done to make you walk away. I wondered if it was just you who wanted to go. I wanted to make you happy and wanted things to always be perfect, but I couldn’t be the person making all the things in this world as lovely as they could get. You never shared your thoughts with me and never told me what you were feeling inside your heart. Maybe I was always the one who thought too much about us. Maybe I was the one who thought we could be together forever. In reality, you we...