This didn't quite come out as planned. 3000 miles is the mileage on my car, on my birthday July 7, I remember noticing it hit 200,000 miles. I just remember that moment well. And lately when I get in my car I have notice it is inching towards 203,000, and it makes me think about how much my life has changed since then. So i have been trying to write a poem in my head for when it did hit 203,000 well today it did, and it doesn't even rhyme but i guess it says enough.
3000 Miles Ago
3000 Miles ago,
It was my birthday
We lived in an apartment
It was the three of us
our friends came over
we drank
played cards
Life then,
Was not as my life is now.
I would have dreamed
To have this house I live in
But I would have fell apart
If had known
All that I would lose.
3000 miles ago
I once said
I would rather struggle
As long as I had you
3000 Miles ago
I was not this strong
I could not stand alone
I was not this fierce
Part of me
Would go back
And swing in our swing
Walk in our park
Be held again by you
but 3000 miles later
It's not so much YOU that I miss
I miss us
I miss where we'd go
The things we'd do
The laughter
Not the fights
The smiles
Not the tears
3000 miles later
I have built a wall
Around my heart
I don't even know
If I can love again
33 years + 3000 miles,
To gain the strength
To be okay
To learn to protect myself
But here I am
And I know
I went a lot farther
Than I thought I could
But 3000 miles later
No matter how strong
I try to be
The truth is
Sometimes I still miss us.
