where are you

This poem is about nostalgia. About a friend and lover I made 15 years ago. I still remember her fondly but I have no idea how to find and reach her and I probably shouldn’t do that anyway.

That’s one of the hardest to read poems that I wrote. The 1st line rhymes with 4th instead of 2nd or 3rd which gives it a very asymmetric sound. You really need to emphasize the 1st line, kind of skimp through the 2nd and 3rd, and go back up again on the 4th line.

Where are you, dear friend, now
What are the people you talk
What are the roads you walk
What makes your heart go down

I remember how we were kids
When we walked through winter ice
When you looked me in the eyes
When the first time we kissed

I remember how you left
How you drived me insane
How I was alone again
How it hurt and how I felt

I remember how I understood
Why you chose another way
Why you decided you can’t stay
Why you left me when you could

I forgive you everything
I had a lot to learn
And when I did, you were gone
My winter never went to spring

You’re wearing another crown
All you felt has gone to dust
I’m just a shadow of your past
Where are you now?