unlit matches

the future did not wait

twenty-something...
what a dumb age.

no more high school
sweetheart 'highs'.

where falling in love
was another way to
pass the time.

dances and socials
that we did
or didn't attend

all seem murky
this end.

teenage issues
far away,

can i swap them
with the turmoils
i face today?

i saw your face
after what feels
like decades.

clicked on your
picture

the same suit
you wore to
prom

is now business attire...

did you ever think
we would be
this disconnected
four years ago?

polaroids of our faces
melt into the background.

the seconds ticked by
and i realise
our adolescence
snuck up on us.

no more study nights

or stupid fights,

no more innocent kisses,
the rush of adrenaline
when i held your hands.

no more our secret place
to escape our fate

of becoming
boring grown ups
with backache.

now twenty-something
slipped in

our dreams thinned.

i guess this is
the new reality
we live in.