I wondered today where you might be now. We've hardly ever met, you and I. I don't know anything about you really. Do I look like you? Do I have your eyes? What of you could be seen in me by those who know you? I wonder where you are these days. What have you done with your life? Do you have someone there who loves you? Do you ever think about me and wonder?
It was a long time ago, I know. You may have spoken to me but I couldn't understand. Maybe you said you loved me and asked for my forgiveness. Only you know the answer to this. I hope you are okay. I wonder if we've ever walked past each other without any clue. Or maybe we stopped at a stop light and smiled to one another without really knowing.
I wonder who you are. Sometimes I miss you without ever knowing you at all. Isn't that odd? I can't imagine what the choice must have been like. I imagine it was hard. Well I thought I'd say hi and let you know I'm alive. I don't have any way of knowing what happened back then, but I still think of you. I still call you my mom. I wonder what my last name really is sometimes. I wonder if there are big family holiday gatherings. I wonder if I have a sister or brother out there somewhere.
Complete and total strangers to me. The idea is just so strange. It's so strange to think that tomorrow I could get into an elevator and stand next to my own brother without knowing it. Sometimes it's hard to wrap my brain around that thought. Maybe I should be nicer to everyone on the odd chance that they turn out to be a sibling or relative.
I wonder what my name would be if we had stayed together. It's hard to think of myself as a Mark or a Gerald... Hmm that thought almost makes me dizzy.. I could have a different name. I could have grown up somewhere else and had different friends, and kissed a different girl for the first time. It's like a near miss parallel universe... I don't even know your name. But I miss you on some days.
Hope all is well wherever you are...
me



