Shower Thoughts

the free spirit

I know you're in him. You take him on amazing adventures and to beautiful places, I'm surprised he ever leaves. He always promises to come home, he says there's too much to leave behind.
I should know better. This is a little town, what ties him here? You give him everything he could ever want. A new city every night, why would he stay? Why would he come back once he leaves? Certainly not one person.

So I sit, and I wait for him to come back. A replay memories in my mind to keep all the little details fresh. Sometimes I'm afraid I will forget.
Until one day he doesn't come back. He says he's moved. Says he has new friends. Says he has a new life. Says he still has time for you. Sometimes I'm afraid he will forget.
You don't talk. Three years and your memory is almost gone. You forget his smile and the creases in his hands and even his eyes. How could you forget those eyes?

But he always comes back. He made that promise.

You may not always see him but he's here. He moves around a lot but now he's home. He takes long leaves of absence but you can walk to him he is so close.

He promised.