our lives do not collide.

you think we have always walked along a thin line,
separating the two relationships we could have,
but we crossed that line a long time ago.
we are not lovers. we do not love. and never will.
the most we've ever exchanged are words and smiles,
****** expressions and eye contact.
but i love you more than you'll ever be able to comprehend.

we are not meant for more. years take up the spaces between us.
you are responsible, you are kind,
you are a warm sunny day in the summer time,
that perfect day that's not too hot and not too cool.
i am childish, abrasive, loud and boisterous,
i am a tornado, ruining homes and cutting power lines,
i am foolish and young but so are you.
despite the differences between our lives we are still so compatible,
but our timelines will never cross any further.
the universe has been doing everything in its power to keep us apart.

i pray the universe is wrong with this one.
i feel important with you and you are important to me.
when i think of you, flower bushels start to grow in my heart,
their branches intertwining with my ribcage.
i start to feel love, the thorns fall off and i feel clarity and serenity.
you make me a better person, i never want to lose that,
but we can only tiptoe around this for so long
before we have to walk out of each other's lives.
maybe we really do walk on that thin line.

and one day that line will blur and you will leave me.
the hours we have are limited.
i love you,
but we are not lovers. we do not love. we never will.
our lives do not collide.

-m. j. g.