Letting Go

My first glimpse of something outside

"my window to the world"

We were so much alike...

Cut down in the prime of your life

Watching you slip away

But not the world that you gave me

That phone call brought me back in a flash

To the place I remember seeing you last

At least the way I paint it in my mind

Regrets I thought I'd left behind

We always left it as "I'll see you around"

Every chance I had to do so

Getting hard to think about

It's the letting go

For good, that before now

I never understood

You answered

Every "Why" with "Why Not"

You held everyone so close

And never let us drop

But as time went on

Missed messages were failed attempts

To reconnect

Can't help but

Apologize again

For things that

Weren't my fault in the end

But knowing that you're proud

Of where I've been

Always on my mind

Until we meet again