I saw you

I saw you. I wanted you to see me, so I decided to enter your line of sight. We exchanged a smile,  but you didn’t come towards me. I knew at that time that it was truly over between us, but I still went and talked to you. Your voice was different. You grew older than me. You were still as beautiful as you were when we were together, but you weren’t laughing and your smile was fake. We talked about the present and the future, but I wanted to talk about the past. I wanted to come back to those years where we had been together. I wanted to come back to us, but you wouldn’t. I didn’t dare to ask where you were living or if you had someone in your life. 

 There was this barrier between us. We didn’t have such a thing back then. What happened?

You told me about your job, I told you about mine. You had to go. I wanted to go with you. We went on separate sides. I looked back as you walked away. You didn’t turn around to wave at me. You went on your way. Your life was full.

And mine was empty.