Hello Old Friend
Ramblings at 2:00am…
Hello old friend
You’ve snuck up on me again this year
arriving cloaked in smog
on a shifting wind
no sunshiny apple cider crisp mornings
that throw me into an unnamed melancholy
like a summer cold
A grey cloud
that doesn’t burn off as the hours shift
This year, the cloud is alien orange
you skulk in the shadows lurking among the viruses
burning in the embers
the never forgotten, forgotten
American flags, memorial t-shirts, media requests
Your mask
hides who you really are
those cornflower blue eyes
downy earlobes
chewing on a thumbnail to think
Mr. Big Pants stride from the bus stop
can’t wait to get home
to me
Pretending to be a day
I want to forget, rush past, eviscerate
But here you are again
Hello, old friend
I’ve missed you