As Time Went By

Five years it has been since we met

Five years that have passed by so quick

My friend and I, once a complete set

Alas, we have now drifted apart and distance between us a prick

Last memory I have of us is timeless

When we hunched over together, adoring the archaic watch

For all its sophistication had made it look priceless

Examined and turned the dials of our splendid catch

As time went by, five years it has been, and now we meet

We see each other and embrace

Something felt incongruous, something I couldn’t decipher in the time of a fleet

She looks exactly the same as she did on that day in that place

“Five years haven’t changed you a bit”, I say

Perplexity hints in her eyes

“Funny you count five hours as five years”, she quirks, plain as day

Bewilderment etches my face as I try to deliberate what this signifies

It dawns on me then

The archaic watch didn’t only show time after all

That day we turned the dials again and again

And now, it is in time that she and I haul

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