So Different Now

Isn't strange how things always change?
Just when you think you have it all figured out
With a simple exchange; a turn of the page
Everything you know is turned inside-out.
I look at you now but I just can't see
That person that I used to know back when
Inseparable friends, you and me
So different now, because that was then

Now I see that you've taken a turn for the worst
Taking dumb chances without weighing the dangers
In everything, now, you jump in head first
Turning close friends into complete strangers
I'm telling you this because I worry for you
These mistakes you've made, you're making again
Repeating the past while you're starting anew
So different now, when that was then

I'm asking you, simply, to look around
And tell me if you approve of your change
Now we sit in darkness, not making a sound
But, in honesty, this all seems rather strange
Please just remember the fun days we had
So somehow we can go back to then
Making everything good out of bad
So 'different now' won't happen again.

Poem to a Blind Man

I tell myself
I'm used to this
When you look at me
but you don't see
You listen to me
but you don't hear
When I call out
for you.
Will you ever
feel
like
me?
And stop being
Blind
Blind to something
so obvious
Until then
I'll wait for that day
That day when you will
See.