words for the wind

VII

when I saw you again, it was like we had never met. and it hurt after all that we've been through.

you don't look at me the way you used to. what have you done with the one I loved?

I see you but I don't recognize you. and I wonder if you even recognize yourself, because you've changed so much since I last saw you. since you walked away from me and everything you've ever known.

your eyes used to be brighter and your smile wider. now your eyes are blank and smile nonexistent.

and I don't know where you went but I spent endless hours thinking of you and your departure. countless tears and sleepless nights. but now I no longer think of you. and I no longer wonder if you think of me.

and I think it's ironic how with time, someone who once meant the world to you can fade out of your life until they don't mean anything anymore. just like you have.