The day was young
and so were we
you, a leader before your time
and me, simply someone who had been drawn in
by your magnetic energy.
we ran along as if we had no earthly strings
as if we could simply float away at any moment
and never be seen or heard from again....
You never would.
But you got so much faster
I couldn't keep up
I stumbled time and time again
you didn't stop, though....you couldn't
the wind had caught you in its dusky fingertips
and you could see your future within your grasp
but I, I was left behind, waiting for you to turn around
and come back to rescue me from my failure..
You never did.
Years passed like a dam had been broken
flooding me with age
Maturity came in its turn, but only slowly
I didn't think of you again until that day.
You walked across the grass, and I caught my breath...
I, expecting some miracle of memory to take place in you,
and let things go back to the way they were.
You never noticed.
I sat in front of the mirror
something must be wrong with me
Was I not deserving of one second of your time?
or was it that I could never keep up, always lagging behind..
I shattered, a mirror of iniquity whose reflections were dark as night
I saw you again, and this time, you glowed with recognition
The shadow passed over, just as I did over you.
I never spoke.
Watching, waiting, contemplating
fearing, hating, complicating
You weren't who I wanted you to be, and you never would be
You never knew.
 LIFEspring · Wed Nov 23, 2005 @ 09:13pm · 1 Comments |
