see you around

"see you around"
your memory 
tends to linger with me 
even though 
I know 
we were wrong romantically,
I wish we could go back 
to being friends, 
back before the wreckage 
we left in our wake,

it was always too much 
to ignore, 
too much to not 
take a chance 
but in the end, we did 
and in the process 
destroyed 
all that we had before,

there are moments I miss, sure 
and with time 
we may perhaps mend 
but knowing all the hurt 
I just don't know 
if there is enough time 
in a single lifetime 
to heal 
the depths of our wounds, 
   so I wish you well 
   and who knows, maybe 
I'll see you on the other side.

-Armando Torres