The Road Never Taken

i never ask for a lot concerning love. mostly because if i don't ask for it, and i don't get it then i'm not disappointed. but i'm disappointed in us. i'm disappointed because it never was in the cards for us to work. it started perfectly, grade nine classes together, same group of friends, same city. everything was in place for another typical high school romance. then you moved. i never really got to know you, but a grade nine girl doesn't have to know a guy to know that she likes him. i liked you. a lot. so when you moved away, well, i fell for your best friend, but that story has already been told. however, i still thought of you.

i would hear stories about you through our friends, each time remembering and thinking what if... knowing that while you moved away, an hour wasn't that far. but we didn't see each other enough and when we did it was too much small talk and not enough looks to get any place fast.

high school ended. university began in a new city. your city. i was excited to be at the school, but so much time had passed i'd almost forgotten about your adorable smile and sweet sense of humor. almost. we started hanging out again. you'd come over to help me with jobs around my apartment. we'd run into each other at parties and laugh more than the rest of the people in attendance put together. again it was happening like a typical college romance should... the friends, the laughs, the parties. until you moved away. again. but this time, you didn't move within the same area code, or even within the same province. yes, you remained in the same country, but three time zones over doesn't mean much.

so now im stuck back to grade nine. thinking of what ifs and imagine thats... luckily i was able to get you out of my head once, and i'll be sure to do it again. but i always find myself wanting to talk to you or for you to show up at a party where i know you'd be if you were still here. i hope you love being out west. i hope you look at the ocean and the mountains everyday and love it. but i also hope you know that we could have been legendary.