You still haunt me.
I'm walking through the snow,
With cold wrapped around me
And crystalline flakes brushing my face,
and you haunt me.
I imagine seeing you again.
For some reason,
I'm back in the city where we were.
Maybe I've just pulled up to a red light.
Perhaps I'm reading in some cafe.
But there's a prickling sensation.
Without knowing why,
I look up.
There you are.
You're standing a ways off,
Staring at me.
We don't say a word.
Our faces may be the same,
But they still show the myriad
Of changes you and I weathered
While apart.
We don't say a word
About how we're different
From who the other knew
But yet still unchanged at the core.
This new just didn't show yet.
We don't say a word,
But in that silence,
We still smile.
We share forgiveness,
For the other and for ourselves.
Maybe we start to open our mouths,
To say anything,
Or just "hello."
But the light turns green.
And I drive away.
I leave you again.
But this time,
I don't add a scar.
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