Through Another Lens

Remains

who knew words would cut so deep, 

how some people leave an everlasting scar 

the slightest essence, a trigger 

even hundreds of miles away, that far 

it feels like a dream, 

sometimes it seems so surreal 

when it hasn’t even crossed your mind 

how can this be real 

I’d bet it makes no difference, 

that the only person it affects still is me 

people, time, everything has moved on 

if only I could open my eyes and truly see 

how much I can hear in a voice, 

the remains of a smile 

engraved in my mind 

it’s been so long, it hasn’t been just a while 

you have no clue, none at all, 

what effect you have 

i had no idea i’d be leaving pieces of my heart 

scattered in my past 

truly, no idea how long it’d last 

I couldn’t even guess 

I spent so long against it 

my throat so tight I can’t even start to express 

this feeling of being so lost 

I’d just like to say hello from the other side 

because I never actually got a chance to say goodbye 

so many times to myself I lied 

so I guess it’s no big deal 

that this will be another time.