Difficult times

Every laugh

Every tear

All these moments

Every hug

Every story

All these moments

One more joke

One more goodbye

All these moments

Bring us closer

to the last one. 

I'm not back - just visiting

I just wish I could have known you

Like I know my dearest friends

No wait, maybe I just hoped,

it would never end

That one night,

was a night like in my dreams

At least when we were together,

when we had just met

Not when our ways parted,

that is the part that I regret.

The promise of seeing you once more

Was one that did not stand

It just seems like bad luck

got the upper hand

Never judge a book by its cover

You taught me that

Yet I only wanted your embrace

to hold me close instead

To tuck me in, calm my mind, and simply hold me tight

Yet here I am

alone,

tonight.

I don’t even care

If you ruined my fantasy

When you would not have been

The man I thought you’d be

At least then I would have known

You and all your flaws

At least then I could stop wondering:

“what if he was …”