It’s odd how the emotions come and go
Ebb and flow like tides, carrying memories
Reminders of moments somehow beautiful and tragic
Glimpses of what was and might have been
There never seemed to be any understanding
No knowing which way the water was to flow
We weaved our way through everything
As blind as we could be
Never seeing where our feet would fall
Before we took those steps
Stumbling and bumbling together for a heartbeat
Then oh so swiftly separated, not to meet again
And now, so far removed,
I find my vision turning rearward
Struggling to recall what of these memories was real
The ephemeral remembrances that sneak up on me now
Seem to skip a shade or two each time they cast their shadows
You were ever searching then
For something neither of us knew
I sometimes wonder if you ever found it
Or did it slip away, much like these ghosts
That repeatedly creep up to keep you
On my mind again
To