Poem – Familiar Strangers

Our bodies sit right next to each other
While our minds are worlds apart

Years of memories but nothing to say
Familiar voices with new faces

Everything is different
Struggling to find our old selves in each other

We were so close
Now we couldn’t be further away

Time apart drove us to opposite ends
Both of us struggling to hold on

Slowly loosening our grips once again
Feeling like it is time to let go

Finally letting each other go
Realizing we’re nothing more than familiar strangers