Broken Time

3 years away

Ten thousand miles. Ten billion steps across the world.

Ten million seconds to reach you, all for the words you never heard.

All for those hands I never held, and that smile that never ceased,

To hear the laughter that never silenced, and to look into the eyes that never weeped.

It feels like it was just yesterday, and it probably was,

When you were right here beside me, and we were more than 'I', we were 'us'.

But it was never 'us' for you, for we were always just friends,

And I was fine with it being that way, I'd have been fine with it to the very end.

Now I'm on the other side, ten thousand miles away

Yet the biggest distance between us, I can't keep at bay.

We were in different routes of life, you ahead of me,

I tried to walk beside you, but you were far beyond, alone and free.

And then I found him walking beside you, with an ease that'd never be mine,

For I was bound by merciless chains, for they were the chains of time.

I can feel you move away, while I am bound by what I cannot fight.

I can chase you for all I am worth, but it doesn't matter. Even with all my might.

For he stands there beside you, and he is more than everything you need.

I am but a friend you met a year ago, with a chance forged in the rain under that tree.

This is not goodbye, though I know your feelings will not sway.

But I will love you in silence, from three years away.