Secrets of an Introvert

Where Are You Now?

You were in my life
For only a short amount of time
At least that's how it seems
When ninety percent of the memory has gone from my mind

Only children when we met
You were maybe four years older than me
We met every playtime by that same wall
Yet I've no idea how that all came to be

While I'd not recognise you
If you passed me on the street
Every now and then I still think of you
And wonder if we will ever meet

Where are you now?
Where have you been?
Is life being kind to you?
What have you done with all that time in between?

I think I remember your first name
It's kinda hard to tell
If I what I think I know is fact
Or merely a fiction I've created all too well

I will always remember those goodbye kisses
Even after it has been so long
Since we saw each other last
But again I could have this all so wrong

Yet, I've told myself for the last twenty odd years
I'm pretty sure you left as I moved
From first to middle school
This situation certainly has me a little confused

I wonder if you remember me
If I've ever crossed your mind since
Or if you've forgotten me completely
Of that it wouldn't exactly be hard to convince

Sometimes I wonder if I'm making it all up
Creating this fantasy around me
But then I picture our meeting spot
And I know it just had to be

If only I knew your whole name
I could try and look you up
But then there's the worry you won't remember me
And I tell myself to just give up

On the dream of finding you
And reconnecting after all these years
But there's still something inside me
That tells me to face my fears

That the reality can only be
What we had is in the past
You'll only be a memory to me now
That forever may not last

Wherever you are now
I hope you're having the time of your life
I hope you have everything you've ever wished for
And that one day may we finally cross over in sight