I think of you often<\/p>\n
Too often, when the last words we spoke were so long ago<\/p>\n
I can no longer remember what they were<\/p>\n
Do you think of me?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There was a time<\/p>\n
Where nothing was more important<\/p>\n
Than the hours we spent<\/p>\n
Inseparable<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t even want to sleep<\/p>\n
For fear I would waste a second<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You saw me as I was<\/p>\n
Imaginative and free<\/p>\n
Strange and wild<\/p>\n
And loved me without a second thought<\/p>\n
Because you were the same<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I stood by you<\/p>\n
Loyal as any shadow<\/p>\n
Basking in your glow<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Remember when we would fall into the waves, joyful in our abandon?<\/p>\n
Remember when we would run through the trees, every second an adventure?<\/p>\n
Remember when we would crouch in hidden corners, scaring each other breathless?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I used to think that would be forever<\/p>\n
Maybe in another universe, it is<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You\u2019re getting married soon<\/p>\n
Will you look out into the crowd and see an empty place<\/p>\n
Shaped like me?<\/p>\n
Our lives have parted from each other so long ago<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure we\u2019d recognize each other<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I want you to know<\/p>\n
That I don\u2019t believe that love fades<\/p>\n
So if you ever decide<\/p>\n
To invite me back<\/p>\n
I will never decline<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When I knew I had lost you,<\/p>\n
I stood at the bottom of your stairs<\/p>\n
Staring up at something unreachable<\/p>\n
A family friend noticed and said,<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe someday you\u2019ll meet at a bar,<\/p>\n
And it will be like nothing changed.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
So here I am<\/p>\n
Waiting<\/p>\n
With a seat saved for you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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