In these moments

Remember when time seem stilled just for us
Our senses alive and the world went quiet
I looked across and got lost in your eyes
With your words, I traveled through your life
And in these moments I knew you
Not the person I met, and not the person I’ll leave
But the person who bruised his chin when he was 5
Who stared out of his window, studying the stars
Giving them names and stories and even a past

Between the lines of what you said
And in the occasional flicker of your eyes
I got to know the mind behind that half smile
And how you seem so cynical yet sweet
Detesting all but finding wonder in the smallest things
Loving so much, yet the emptiness it sometimes brings
And in these moments I knew you
With the words you never said, with the hurt you rarely show
Struggling with your philosophies, searching for more
Watching you capture the sky then let it go
You were a dreamer so high and a realist below

Time did still for us, but not for long,
Brought back to earth with a violent jolt
As you walked away, I thought if only you knew
But you’ll disagree
That in these moments I knew you
Knew the thoughts which inspire your wry smile
In the lilted voice you spoke, and I, taken in
Can almost see the person you used to be
Behind a one-way glass, and I stole a peak
How I almost feel what was left unsaid
Can almost see the many years passed in a dark haze
And we were all fumbling through, waiting for
A small ray of light on the other side

Looking back, a final glance at where we sat
Unfinished coffee and cookie crumbs
Nothing else remains
But the memories, these little scraps of memories
Of a time that ended too quickly
Frozen, like little snowdrops of moments,
And in these moments I knew you
Everything you were, everything you could be
In these moments I knew it all
In these moments, nothing else