Transformation

Sitting here reminiscing
Knowing the magic is gone
There is something missing
It all feels right yet wrong

Those feelings once felt
Are definitely altered
Memories no longer make me melt
Over you, I no longer falter

The winds of change moved me
Your image has transformed
I still can’t see clearly
Just see a different form

Moving on makes my soul ache
I know the magic was there
I know it can never be replaced
It questions how much you cared

My heart wishes to be that girl
Naïve, courageous & scared
To fall back into your world
Where I could be dared

To take on anything, do as you ask
Dare the world to come at me
To grab a dragon’s tail in my grasp
To shake the fire from it endlessly

The magic that was there is gone
Only memories bring it back
Somehow you’ve known all along
That I’d get to this impass

My idolizing is done
I take you for who you are
A friend – a confidant
Someone I know from afar

The shimmer has faded
My heart a bit torn
The edges a bit jaded
Forever forlorned


*Dedicated to a friend I’ve had for a decade & have realized we’ve both changed…


©JLK 3/3/09