And we ran.

We used to run around the playground right after lunch time.

Back before the world wide web was such a major thing.

And.

I remember being out of breath and having nothing left

To pour into my tank while chasing you in the warmth of an early spring. 

And

Life was different then, and you were just my newest friend.

And hardly that, I was just to lonely to let you run away...

And.

I told myself 

 To tell myself 

To tell myself to wait, I knew that I was desperate

That energy pushes people away...

And.

You were probably nine

Because I had recently turned 10

And

I would always be so bold

In all of my friendly attempts

And

That year the winter was so cold,

To me, the coldest it had ever been

And

I just wanted a hand to hold...

But I was struggling against the wind.

I remember seeing her face for the first time.

Seeing her blooming smile.

Seeing her become more than some stranger

I imagined her laughing with me after a while.

And.

I remember her coat, all purple and green all over

Remember her height as we slowly got older.

Remember her scent.

I remember the sound

Of her tennis shoes pounding firmly off the ground.

We ran

And we ran 

And we ran

And we ran until on or both of us eventually fell down. 

I remember wanting to see you everyday.

I never tested well or got all the best grades...I couldn't bring myself to pay attention.

I think a lot of times, my thoughts of you would get in my way.

I didn't care, if you were there? I'd try to get detention. 

My heart and mind

Were always several years ahead of their time

And I just wanted to spend those days with you

It all just made so much sense in my mind. 

I never imagined

That anything else mattered 

A long as I was around you, my growing pains scattered

I was probably just a bit to mature for my age

Emotional bars I was too young to shatter. 

But those are some of my best and fondest recollections

Good and bad, their all a part of the same faded collection.

But you took up so many shelves in that little red section 

That my memories of you probably need a little correction. 

I remember all the frequent missed calls...

There was no text then.

And as we got a little bit older and stated our textin'

Free minutes after 7pm

That really was the best then.

I hit a wall along the way...

Suddenly I was your best friend. 

The friendzone was very real

there's no romancing in that carriage. 

I even stood as witness

Bit my tongue off for the marriage. 

And nostalgia can toxic

We were just some pre-teens.

So many mixed emotions

Not of it meant the same things.

I wrote so many poems

So many letters

Even a ring...

Young me would have done anything

Just to hear your young heart sing. 

Looking back, it was pretty much a one way street.

And.

I was to giving then, and boy did my love come quite cheap

And.

I pour it our for you

Between the lines of black and white sheets

Its been 9000 days

The only thing that changed 

Was not me.

Time rolls by

You have several children

None of which are mine.

And

Love is tough.

And blind.

And stupid.

Mine has stood the text of time.

And

You have a new man now

I hope his love is tougher then a diamond. 

I wish you both the best

I'll cheer here form the same sideline 

And.

And...

And...