everything reminds me of you
and of home.

and if you ever touched me
you would know
i don't belong here anymore.

time is a ballerina spinning all
around me. i don't get close
enough to feel anything these days.

but sometimes it hurts just the same.

you.

but nothing is relevant anymore
haunted by a past i cannot sleep away.
you are there darting in and out of the
shadows singing me reasons of why i
should stay. grounded.

permanent.

forever tortured this way.

if i ever told you how damaged i am by
just a glimpse of you
you would laugh call me foolish because
we're just fine. still such good friends.
you would say that when it comes to you
and me, some things will never end never
change.

but sometimes it still hurts just the same.

08/09/2003

Posted on 08/09/2003
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