For Mike

too much has changed
and wow it’s sad
seeing you now
i should be glad

i can’t however
make myself smile
when you’ve been so close
yet so far all the while

i’ve known you so long
yet know nothing of you
thinking on this
makes me terribly blue

i have so much to say
yet not a single word
my attempts to reach out
were barely at all heard

after leaving your side
i know what i want to say
but now i’ll have to save them
for yet another day

should this other day arrive
i do not even know
some things change too fast
and time comes just to go

as every minute passes
i know i should have tried
to talk and make you listen
as we match our stride

the only thing that mattered
you might never hear
i miss you and your friendship
and i still hold it dear