Kindred

It’s the silliest thing
   and it’s always
    the silliest place
            to think of her,
   but it’s also the perfect
                 pause
            to remind me
              of the wild girl
              in the crazy
                       amazing woman
                             she is now.

We were kindred,
       then distanced
                through time
                     and circumstance.

It’s hard to remember now
   the things we agreed on then,
      but I’m certain
                 there were many,
          and there must be some still.

Though life
     and time
           have separated us
                   in addition to the miles,
   I refuse to believe
                   we are that    far      apart,
      because there is so much more
            that binds us.

After all,
   we are kindred.