Ten Years Gone
You sailed away on a shimmering sunset sea
Leaving me alone with all the emotions, love, and pain
For the first two years I called you my best friend
For the next two years I called you my lover
But never did I expect you'd be the love of my life
The ghost of which has never stopped haunting me
But you moved on so very quickly
And you're happy without me in your life
So why is it I cling to the past so much
I still remember the day we first met
You approached me in the high school cafeteria
How innocent I was in my ignorance
Not knowing you'd be all I thought about
For the next ten years of my life
We spent hours on the phone together
And hours still in the classes we had
We crafted collaborative fiction
And shared music with one another
I fell for you harder than anyone else
And there were struggles aplenty
Sometimes I wonder why I still love you
But when I think back to all my memories
It's because you were the best I ever had
But your boat is long gone
And I'm still standing here on the pier
Hoping one day you'll come back
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