After You

After You

All has changed

And yet I feel the same

As if we have never met

I still have the same smile that spreads from ear to ear

I still crave the same foods

And oh my how chocolate always crosses my mind

It's like I could never get enough

But after you

I shaved my hair

It used to be long and oh how I loved when the wind would brush through it

I write more and talk less

It's almost as if the more I say

The less gets heard

But my mind dances to a blank page

As if you can never run out of things to talk about

Like the fact

That I still love you

That you cross my mind many times a day

And now I just love spending days and nights to myself

Doing absolutely nothing

After you I became my friend

Someone who understands me

And laughs at my jokes

Whether I try to be funny or not

Oh but after you

How I longed for someone new

One who would be there for me

To stand next too

To hold my hand

To understand the words that I don't have the strength to say

Someone who would defend me

Instead of knock me to the ground

But thankfully

After you

I feel free

So maybe

Just maybe

Things have actually changed