Soft footsteps fall
Upon decaying leaves,
Crunching harshly
In the silence.
I didn't come here
In search of anything,
Though I fear I will
Soon stumble upon you.
The memories have
Haunted me since
You went away.
I miss you now.
I can't help but think
Of the days when we
Were still best friends.
I long for those times.
Simples summers were
Filled with long talks
Under the park tree
And in the swimming pool.
Those summers have long
Since faded into autumn.
The leaves of our youth
Have fallen and died.
Now I find myself
Someone else entirely,
And you have become
My polar opposite.
How sad it is that we've
Changed so drastically,
To the point where we
Can no longer have our talks.
I spoke to you again last month;
You had been gone for years,
And you had changed.
I realized I had changed, too.
I was too afraid to call you;
You were a stranger to me.
So I let you go, and
Decided to move on.
Mind lost in these regrets,
I hardly see you before
I literally walk into you,
And step back in horror.
I'm sorry - I say,
But then I see,
It's you I ran into.
The friend I once knew.
Another pang of remorse
Settles in my chest.
What a shame it was
That I lost you.
It was in the summer
When we parted,
But you haven't changed;
No, you're still the same.
Go figure, we met by the tree
Where we sat and picked flowers,
Wearing out matching sundresses
And speaking of the future.
How many summers ago was it?
More than three, I think.
I missed you, though.
I missed my best friend.
And now I can't find that again.
I can't find a person whom
I can sit next to under a tree
And talk to about everything.
Our conversations really were
Something marvelous, you know?
It didn't matter how long we talked,
We still didn't run out of subject matter.
I know, albeit ruefully,
That those days are long gone,
And that you'll never be that person.
So I smile, and say goodbye.
On through the autumn evening,
I walk away from you.
Our summer has passed,
And I must adapt to the season.
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