WHERE ARE YOU NOW? (poem)

Where are you now?
The sand of years has slipped through our fingers somehow.
The words we tried to use as bridges between us--
They don’t mean what they meant before.
The stars we thought were guiding us aren’t there anymore.

We were once friends.
Or were we? I don’t know.
Time can be just like sand or it can be like snow.
It covers quietly our memories, our dreams.
We were once friends. Or so it seems.

The world has changed.
The world has rearranged itself.
The paths you used to walk, lead somewhere else.
And if I wanted to find you, 
I wouldn’t know where to start. 

But I don’t want to look for you.
You are someone new. 
I’m someone new.

And still, I don’t know why, I don’t know how,
The thought comes back:
Where are you now?

As time goes, relationships change. Connections that once seemed special and strong slowly dissipate. You reach a certain age and start wondering, "Where are all these people I once knew?" You might even have a sudden urge to find them and talk to them again, see if those friendships and feelings can be rekindled. And sometimes it works, sometimes it's worth doing. But often you just have to let it be. Focus on the connections you have right now. And still, once in a while, you will think about someone who was once important to you and wonder, "Where are you now?" In this poem, I wanted to capture this feeling of wondering mixed with bittersweet sadness of letting go of a relationship that was once special. ​