Grown Apart

by Jordan Corley


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.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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​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.