Long Lost Friend

I sat near the fountain in Central Square
And the flood of people passing by
The moon was just lightly illuminated in the foggy horizon
And I noticed a figure with a bowler, and he held a firefly

He reminded me of someone I knew from long ago
His shadow's silhouette rested on the concrete
A mist shaded his profile and barricaded my vision
Your identity was beyond discreet

I stood up and every foot closer, I saw more of you
I noticed your shoes which were unusually white
And beside them laid a case which held a violin
It was close to becoming twilight

Leave wafted through the sky in the winds of October
Then I saw your reflection in the fountain's stream
Your eyes had that distinct crimson tint
Then unwillingly, tears began to cascade down my cheek

I didn't hasten, even though it has been years
Fate has finally opened its arms to me
I deeply breathed as you were now only feet away
Beside the emerald, Cyprus tree

Memories flashed before my eyes of times or distress,
When we played in the sand with our feet
Coloring outside the lines, singing that old folk song,
I didn't wait as I embraced you, as you, to me