Between us
A few moments of silence would hang in the air.
The phrase

What happened to you?
Seeps into the corners of my mind.

I prefer to be alone.
Or at least I don’t mind being alone.
I don’t waste my time trying to please everyone.
Sure, I am still caught up in my feelings–
But I feel truer to who I am.
I have grown more cynical, less surprised by the cruelty of fate.
& I now prefer Guinness to a Bay Breeze.

Not everything has changed though, has it?
No, not quite.
I still get motion sickness on a hammock.
& love to watch sad movies.
Chase sunsets down country roads.
Turn to the lyrics of Billy Joel to fix my problems.
Drop anything to help anyone just because I can.
In this life, if we can’t help each other, then what do we really have?
I still long for the same person as I always have.
We would laugh–
How are you still not over them?
There are some people who are worth
Every spare thought
Forever.
Oh, how the hopeful romantic in me will always remain.
As will the sentiment:
That things will always get better.

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