them

once, about love, now far away,
they meet again, over sorrow,
over every pain, they think again
of each other, in a new light,
another day goes without them,
together, just like tomorrow and the day after,
it hurts to talk about the same things,
in the same way, not feeling the same,
going to old places, a memory behind,
too close to feel, too far to go
everything has changed, they remain,
just older, wiser, a little sadder,
for a life they had missed,
will never get back to, they missed
each other, without the emptiness,
the time between them seems more real,
the distance, a better friend
than they could be for one another,
a feeling lingers over a whispered name