watching you

i sat

and i watched

as your life went by

once I was no longer in it.

and in my head

i placed myself

in your pictures

and you in mine,

smiling like we should have been.

and i wondered

what would be different now

if things were not like this.

would we be

the same as

we are now?

and i wondered

if we would change

what we did

if we could go back.

i don’t think i would.

but would you?

would you change

what you believe

to be good

just to remain

the way you once were?