When I stared Death in the Face

And thought I was done

Life became urgent

Immediate

Precious

When you don't know

The future

And every sun rise

Every breath

Takes on new meaning

You fall prey to need

Like I needed you

But I didn't...

Not really...

In the end.

I tried to build a bridge

Based on the past

But we couldn't cross it

Together

It couldn't last.

A mere shadow

Of what we had before

Just enough to know

When to close the door...

I love you still

But I don't know you

Any more

Than you know me.

The Shadow has passed...

And more than time

For us both

To move on.