i remember
watching you from a distance
and from up close
feeling that sweet sweet longing
and wishing you felt it too
i remember
teasing you, chasing you
on the playground, through the years
did either of us realize
we were playing more
than a game of tag?
and i can’t catch you
even now, and i never could

i remember
the floors and windows of our school
the classrooms, the teachers
that i still think about, even now
and that i don’t think i’ll ever forget
no matter how many times i walk through the halls
dismayed at the changes
and by how much i’ve grown

and i remember
these memories
that trap me in nostalgia
and your eyes
dancing with amusement
i always felt there was something
beneath your humor
that i could never find

yes... i remember.