Different People

I chose a different path
you chose someone different
and since then
things have been different

My spirit feels different
So does your presence
Our interactions are different
So are our paths

We now meet by chance
As if we only meet
When fate rolls the dice
And that's different

We used to talk all the time
Now our conversations
Are different
They are hurried and lack feeling

You look so different
Your eyes have lost
Their sparkle
I guess I am not so different

I have lost so much
That's why
I now consider different things
To be precious to me

You have created different
Memories
Which I am not a part of
You have lived in a different place

While I live in a place
That is not so different
From when last we met
We are both different people now

So when you said
I seem different now
I couldn't help but realise
The truth of your statement

I am different
I am more guarded
I am more of a skeptic
And I see things differently

I can also see the differences
In you as well
And what we know
About each other

Are memories
Of a time that was different
When we were both
Different people

We are no longer
Those people
We have had different lives
And that is why

Although I know your name
Although I know your age
You are no different
To a stranger to me