the years are far too many to validate my words and make them seem any less insane on paper than when they swirl around inside my head, so i'll pretend the years that've passed are actually only weeks and the you that i remember is the one that lives today
because when years go by and people grow up, they change into something different. they become closer to their end person when the changing finally stops.
i am scared your end person is not the same person i remember when we were both still growing.
i am scared your end person and my end person do not fit together with the easy we once did.
i am scared our persons have grown apart over the years that have passed us by.
we have changed too much to fit together, anymore.
an irreversible truth that has taken me years to accept.
Jordan Corley is a student at Penn State with a passion for the art of poetry and creative writing. She published her debut poetry collection, “battle scars”, in 2018 at the age of 19. She hopes that through her writing she can reach others dealing with physical and mental illness and spread the message that they are not alone in their fight.
