Where Have The Years Gone? Poem by Salimah Davis

Where have the years gone?
I can remember a time when we were so close we could finish each other’s sentences.
Since when did time start passing quickly in the blink of an eye?
Wasn’t it just yesterday when we could sense each other’s moods just by standing it the same room?
We could read each other’s thoughts with one look in the eye.
A tiny slouch and I knew you were sick. A small flat in my voice, you know bad things were going on at home.
When’s the last time we really talked?
About family,
about life,
about…us?
Remember when the longest we went without seeing each other was two days?
Just Saturday
and Sunday
Why does it feel like we are drifting further from the island of friendship and into the sea of confusion and insanity?
Why is our relationship dissipating faster than papyrus paper in boiling water?
Why isn’t there a button you can press on life that is like a reset to get things back on track where they belong?
Where have the years gone?