Four years have slipped through my hands,
Like sand in the wind, it drifts and lands.
Friendships fallen, and ties once tight,
Now dim as stars lost to the night.

Once broken, they couldn't be mended,
What we had, now long since ended.
I'm sorry for all the silence spoken,
But I've moved on from what's been broken.

And now you see me, after all this time,
A stranger with a familiar rhyme.
Hey there, I've changed, in ways you can't see,
But the past, it no longer defines me.

I still got a lot to learn, it's true,
About myself, about the world, about you.
The roads we walked may never align,
But growth comes slow, like the hands of time.

The scars remain, but they've made me strong,
I've learned that silence can last too long.
Still, I rise, with lessons in hand,
Building new castles from broken sand.

So here I stand, a soul reborn,
Molded by both the light and the storm.
I've changed, but still, I yearn to grow,
The future's a path I'm eager to know.