Alice Ip

And There I Am

I see you every day 
But I don’t 
I know you and yet 
I don’t know you 

I see your red hair 
And I remember who we used to be 
I remember the times  
The times we used to have 

I see thick glasses 
And I immediately think of you 
I feel them coming, but I just can’t 
I just can’t tell you 

I tried to be there 
But it never works 
I try to live in the present 
But instead, I’m falling behind in the past 

We used to be close 
But things have come in the middle 
You have found your way 
But I’m still swimming against the current 

I remember who we once were 
I feel the waves coming stronger 
I hear the shatter of thick glass 
And I break along with it