Someone I Almost Knew

I saw you waiting

at the corner café

reading an old book

on a rainy day

We talked for hours

about nothing at all

then the evening came

and you walked away

Funny how some people

stay for a moment

but leave a little piece

of themselves

behind

You

are

someone I almost knew

a story that never

came true Someone

I almost knew a different life

I never lived with you

Maybe in another city another time

we would have found the same sunrise I still remember

the song you liked

the little things

you said that night

But years keep moving

and people change

some memories

don't need a name

Not every goodbye

needs a reason

not every person

needs to stay

You are someone

I almost knew

and somehow

that's beautiful

too (beautiful too)