"Just how it is..."

@Uootem

Time leaves quietly
              in the noise of adult life...
                          with each subtle change of the calendar
            one day ending... another beginning...
                                      and sooner than expected
                                                        the days become months, then years...
                                    that's just how it is.

I have told myself every day since you left
                                    that I will get over you... with just a little more time
          ... a little more time for my heart to mend and heal
                                            just watch and see...  i keep telling myself
                        someday I won't remember you...
          and how "we" use to be
                    the gentle way you held my hand...
                                      the taste of your kisses... the scent of your hair...
          the sound of your voice as you whispered in my ear
                                          the way you took my breath away so easily
                i will get over you... but I have not yet...
                                          that's just how it is.

It's been quite awhile now...
                    the years really add up when you count them.
                                                      But i can't understand why or how
          for it seems like just yesterday you were here with me...
                                  the time has surely passed me by...
                  that's just how it is.

You'll always be in my heart
                          even if it's been forever apart
                                                          the memory is so deep in my soul
                        and that part of you i can't let go
                                                  it just is and will perhaps will always be
            because you became an important part of who I am...
                                  and that is just how it is.