A NEW STRANGER

An old love becomes
A new stranger
What once was so endearing
Now such a distant memory

Was it real then
Or is what I see of you now
Who you really are
So many changes from day to day

Growing apart
But never really connected
Somehow clinging onto a wish
For all the wrong reasons

Sadness in discovery of what is
No longer running from myself
Or this reality
Now fully illuminated beyond desire

Happiness again ensues
When finding the truth
Rediscovering the depth
Put away for so long

Now a path lush
Full of promise
Because the true colors were shown
Eyes finally opened wide

Lies fall away
Stress takes a holiday
Now enrobed in the truth
Surrounded by love

A new day
New loves
A fresh bouquet of promise
Finding what I always wanted
Within that which was already here within