If Time Had Stopped

If time had stopped, where you stood and waved,
A hint of a smile that couldn't be erased, and we forgave each other.
Like, old friends reuniting. Old stories to tell and old feelings long gone,

You knew while I couldn't figure it out, as a bystander I heard the news.
I had treated life like a dream, and you were a form of reality as you stepped right in.
You taught me about the things I had never imagined to do; 
What scared me and seemed strange to me.

Like a dream, you disappeared, 
Beyond the mist that continued to cloud, blending into a nightmare –
Smiling grimly, you waved at me good-bye. 
As you sank below the surface of the ground, I thought you’d rather fly. 
I stood there, and watched you lay in a place I imagined you to not.
People mourned, and I observed.
I was the zombie in the dream that passed too quickly.
You were the one who passed by - 
and all of a sudden, time had stopped right then.