What We Have is You (feat. Really From)

I was looking at pictures of you

when you were younger

Your hair was long

and your smile was so big

Your dress was short-

bright floral patterns

gave way to knobby knees

I didn't know who you were sitting next to,

but they seemed so happy and full of life-

images of people I never knew,

names you'd never mentioned,

or stories you'd never told me

It struck me then

how many different lives we all lead

and either all at once or slowly,

we change

One step pulls someone closer,

another pushes them away

A series of words misspoke,

a birth, a death, a move,

or the passing of time

When I was younger, I thought to carve my name in stone

and build pillars with my bare hands

You were right there beside me

I loved you, once