Reunion Poem by Bill Upton

All the friends said 'he'll/she'll be back.'
'No one leaves a guy/girl like you.'
'Give him/her time,
He/she will come to his/her senses.'
Typical talk-friend to friend.
What else can you say?
'Try someone new? ,
Forget about him/her? ,
Back up on the horse? '
Friends don't know what to say,
Nor do they realize the depth of passion or loss
That was spent.
Generic answers are empty, childish, wishful,
Nearly annoyingly offensive.
Long relationships get lost in the deep end of the pool.
Real love doesn't vanish overnight.
Nor does it ever vanish.
Years later, in another form, he/she DID come back
As though the time between had been a dream.
No matter how rare,
No matter how magical,
No matter how different,
Nature finishes itself.