Lingering Whisper

In the middle of the night 

I find myself whispering your name 

It feels so right

I haven't been the same 

I can't say you changed me 

I'm still the girl that I was yesterday

When we first met I was lost 

I was hidden in the pain 

You found me

As the broken chains 

Left my body

Soon I'll be thirty 

I'm still free 

A little nerdy

We're on our own journeys

Sometimes the distance 

Feels like I'll never see you again

My thoughts are persistent 

I have this buried hope

That one day I'll see you again

You won't always feel like a stranger

We'll be close friends 

Siting at a Japanese cafe

And begin again