𝘈 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯
𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦,

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺
𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦,

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵
𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦
𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴,

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦
𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥
𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺,

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴
𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳
𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥,

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴
𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳,
𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳
𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴
𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳,

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦
𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴
𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘴
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘴
𝘍𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳,
𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳
𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵
𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥
𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭

It started off on mid-October
When leaves start to wither and fall
An unfamiliar shadow begins to linger

As time passes and distance becomes further
Presence way more vivid and more felt
Through a boxed screen though
I can see my countenance reflected
Deep inside those dark eyes

Our dish of conversation
Has never been so palatable
We’re rounded off well
As Yin is to Yang or milk is to coffee
Concocted to almost perfection
In way you knew, was just right

No matter how our differences are
At each end of the spectrum
It settles to intertwine through the gospel
And accepts each own interesting tale
Like listening to enchanting customs
Of a far-off land
Freely pouring our hearts content
Despite the distance of
11 996 miles apart

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠
𝑇𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒
𝑇𝑜 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘
𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦
𝑇𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑝 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑
𝐵𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛

𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑
𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑛, 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑒𝑚
𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒

𝑆𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑦,

𝐺𝑢𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒
𝐹𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑
𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒
𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑦𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡
𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑚
𝐵𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟

𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦
𝘞𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥
𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯
𝘛𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴
𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴
𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰, 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦
𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴

𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴
𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧
𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘴
𝘖𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴
𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦
𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵