isntepic Archive

To: Stranger (you)

Hey Stranger,
Now,
Before you say anything,
Let me just remind you about,
How you don't know me,
And I don't know you,
Anymore.

What have you been up to?
How'd life been,
For you?

I hope you've been well.
I hope you've had everything you've wanted these past few years.
I hope you've got no regrets.

Let's be friends,
Stranger.

And get acquainted,
Through small,
Trivial talk.

Because it's been too long,
Since we had known each other.

Oh?

Do you reminisce about the past?
Do you think of it often?
Does it keep you awake at night?
Like it does to me?

Do you remember,
Although I doubt you do,
How in sync we were,
The two of us?

Honestly,
It surprised me too,
Because I never knew about our,
'Telepathy.'

I only knew I prayed for such,
Between the two of us.
Didn't know it had been granted.

Until the last words we exchanged.

Lucky guess,
Maybe.

I hope when I said my guess on why,
Shocked you so much,
You shed a few tears.
I hope it did.

Shocked you to realize how in sync we were really.

And then made you question your choices on,
'What changed?'

Because really,
If you think about it,
People change gradually.
Every day,
We evolve,
To shape ourselves to better fit our,
Circumstances.

I realized it too,
I felt it,
As you did.

Maybe I even did so first.

But you,
You were the brave one.
So hey,

Stranger.

I don't think I know you.
But I'm keen on being your friend.

What do you say?

Yes, please.

(24 Jan 2023)