The thought of your friendship,
The possibility of your love
Both seemed so real
Like they would last the distance
And time would bring us
Together once again
And we could pick up
Where we left off.
But they weren't real
They couldn't have been
As strong as I imagined
They fell apart
Time tore us apart
As time has a way
Of destroying cherished things.
It seemed the longer
I was away from you,
The further you distanced
Yourself from me.
You wouldn't reply
When I wrote.
You didn't seem to care
When I called.
This went on until
I forced myself
To let you go.
You were my life
For so long
And you didn't even know it.
You probably didn't care.
Maybe it was all in my mind
From the beginning.
Maybe you never really cared.
Maybe there was one who held us together
And he was the only
Bond between us.
But, of course,
He is gone too.
And even further away than me.
We left you alone.
Perhaps that's why you
Seemed so distant,
So uncaring.
We left, and you
Wrapped yourself up in you.
And I, wrapped myself up in me.
We no longer had each other
To protect us from being hurt,
So we had to protect ourselves
And in doing so
Forgot about each other.

~091399~