Stranger.

I've known you for so long.

Yet as I look into those physically memorized eyes,

I see something completely new.

A blank slate.

A blank slate with no memories.

It looks as though you've let go.

Walking against the flow

Instead of with it.

We never cared about anything.

We went with what was thrown at us.

And as I watch you now,

It's clear that you'd rather alter everything about yourself

Instead of taking it in and dealing with it.

Little do you know,

Little do you see.

The wind will never break you if you bow before it.

Yet it seems that you now contradict yourself.

The words I used to cherish.

I cherished them not only because you said them,

But you held them with grace and lived by them.

You meant what you said when you said it.

I'll forever wonder what changed.

It feels like I'm losing my best friend.

On the outside looking in.

The true danger in the stranger

Is how unfamiliar they seem when you knew them so well.

A strong reserve.

A different reserve.

I knew that I had walls.

But my walls were to protect my heart from other people.

I never knew why yours were there.

I look back in the past.

Back when you were normal.

But I suppose that now you would call this normal.

It's been six months since I've spoken to you.

Where did you go?

 Your words are what I miss most...

Because I lived by them too.

Human dignity + compassion= Peace.