I reached the old town late today Past the corner where we used to stay Your porch was quiet in the fading glow A place I left so long ago We once were young with a simple plan Two hearts trying to understand But time pulled hard and I had to leave You stayed behind with memories Then I saw you standing there By the fence with the same calm stare I never thought the day would come When life would let us meet as one You stepped toward me without a sound Said you wondered if I’d come around Your voice was steady, your smile was kind Like all the years stayed far behind We talked a while near the wooden gate About the moments we used to create You said the past still held its place But you had grown in your own space And I saw you standing there Not a dream, but a truth laid bare Two lives crossing once again With room to start where we had been
