I saw him today He looked just as he did months ago He hair was all in his face instead of slicked back His shirt was tucked in and he was wearing a belt He looked like his old self again The one who I knew, really knew I understood his brief sigh, could wrap my mind around his gentle smile Could wake up to his breathing I had never loved someone in such a way where it consumed me He was delicate, fragile, but could stand in his two feet with no effort And I loved when he was drunk, stumbling into my arms It was the only time I ever really held him if only for a fleeting moment I wish I had never known him before the change It would be easier for my lungs to collect air If I hadn't tasted his secrets, hadn't washed my hands in his laughter If I hadn't met the boy who cared so much for the world He never faltered in his genuine approach, never had to even try to be a light He just was I know that in this drought I will have to move on from him But it is hard to walk away from something you once found such solace in He was a thunderstorm Could put me to sleep in troubled times, the sound of his rain But the echo of his thunder was enough to wake the dead The destruction he left behind him was merely a walk through an empty hallway He had no idea what he had done to me and still I think he is oblivious I do not want to tell him Do not want him to feel pain or remorse for a girl he swore he'd love forever I've learned it is easy to believe the things you want to hear I was deaf to every motive that was not to my liking I should have seen it coming from the moment he said he was just too busy Hectic schedules are likely dry seasons and the sand of our hourglass had run out Time had slipped off of my fingers like rain drops off the window of a car speeding down the highway Flying by but moving ever so slowly Evaporating had never seemed so malicious and I saw him today He looked just as he did months ago He hair was all in his face instead of slicked back His shirt was tucked in and he was wearing a belt He looked like his old self again The one who I knew, really knew But I don't know him anymore And he Does not know me either