Know

your words of wisdom linger in my mind

but patiently

they wait to whisper when i need to hear your voice

and they stick around just long enough for me to make a choice

all i can grasp of your life

is little snippets and clips they show me

i can barely recall the nursery rhymes

you’d sing in my sleep

they tell me of the your time

intertwined with mine

when i knew you so well

but they’re imposters of memories

i feel your smile in the wind

see your reflection in the water

the birds chirp to your favorite songs

the sun shines in your honor

i only knew you for so long

but i sense your presence everywhere i walk

i only knew you for so long

but you play in the background of my days like a theme song

it’s feels like i knew you for so long

it’s like you paint the colors in my life

little things you leave behind

that send me back to those days

when i’d wake up to a a misty haze

to have understood what i know now

those days are so rarely found

i regret, so full of shame

that i only lived them half-way

unaware of how much they’re worth nowadays

mustn’t ever dare to let them slip away