another day passes me by
without stopping to say hello
on the crowded streets of time.
we just continue down our individual paths
of life and love and relative happiness
until we find that fork in the road
that everyone's been talking about so much lately.
we'll all go our separate ways
unless it's destiny for us to meet
again along this road.
the laughter and smiles of yesterday fade into the
darkness of unkown, what tomorrow may
or may not bring.

fireworks upon a grassy hill
wet with dew from the evening
and rich with the sound of voices singing
yelling into the moonlight.
parties in the lodge where we
drink gingerale from the bottle
always wondering where life will take us yet
never really noticing how quickly it is passing by.
glitter on birthday cards and all-night school projects
spent talking ont he phone while
cutting and gluing to perfection.
i can't bear the thought of moving on
to leave you all behind as faint memories.

our childhood years so far away
sandboxes filled our small and insignificant worlds
until we grew on to discover new things.
peanut butter and jelly for lunch every day
and on our shirts if we weren't careful enough.
now i wish for you to be that same
innocent child that you used to be.
look at all the memories we've shared
of school pictures good and bad
and fights and tears and making up.
all of this and more, my friend
we've been together for all of our lives
and this love is for you, all that i have to give.