Mental Ramblings

Hello

My love, it's been so long
and how I've missed you
Tell me how have
you been?
And how has life
treated you?

My love, I want to get to know
you better but you've
moved on by now
and left me here
to wonder whatever
became of that girl
who was so dear to me
Is she still the same
girl I loved and admired?
Does she still have the
same fears and aspirations?
Does she still hold that
same beauty inside
of her soul?
And does she still hold a
place for me in her heart?

My love, will I still
recognize you or
are you a stranger now?
And will you recognize me at all?
Perhaps we should start again
and go back to how we met
as I've forgotten 
the romance and the 
intimacy we've developed 
that strung both of our
hearts together 
and I've forgotten 
all the times I felt my
love grow stronger for you
and all the times I felt
much closer to you
before we drifted apart
like ships on turbulent waters
only to crash against each other 
and sink to the depths of the sea
never to come close to each other
again
but I'm still here searching
for the scattered remains 
of the bond we had
and all these memories of you
are beginning to collect dust
like old novels upon a shelf
which I have yet to revisit 
and how painful it is to know that 
it's all I have left

My love, where are you now?
I'm afraid that I'll never
be able to reach out to you
It's gotten much harder now
that I no longer am your lover
and time has been so cruel to me
All I wanted was to catch up
like old friends do 
and see how far you've come
but I'm afraid I'll spend a lifetime
waiting to have another moment
with you 

My love, how the passage of time
has flown by us as swiftly as a
soft breeze through somber trees
and yet there is no telling 
how much longer we might have
before reaching eternity as our
lives come to their final destination 
and I wonder if you'll still remember me
at old age with such fondness and longing

My love, it's been so long
I never dreamed you'd
come back yet here you are
and it makes a little nervous
after all these years
but I just want to scream hello!

I wanna be wherever you are

This poem was inspired by a Pearl Jam song.