Nothing is ever a goodbye

you fell off of my address bar today.
that little gray downward arrow that I had so often pressed, only to click on your name
now bequeaths me twelve other addresses to twelve other parts of the world.

i've now seen more of what lies beyond
and it is exactly what i hoped it would be.
different, yet still familiar in all the important ways.

i don't miss you anymore.
to tell you the truth, i simply can't.
for how can i miss something that is all around me?

i saw you three weeks ago
for a week straight, specifically.
you were at work again, as usual.

a different face, a different hair style
but all the same motions and candied words
the things that i've since learned to examine more closely.

you said that you don't believe in goodbyes
that, if destiny wishes it to be so, no parting is ever permanent.
there are no goodbye's, you said. only see you later's.

but as true as your words are, you said them with the wrong reason in mind.
it isn't because destiny always brings together those who are meant to be
that nothing is ever a goodbye.

it's because you will find those same people elsewhere
in equally cute outfits, with equally beautiful faces, and just as wonderful personalities
that goodbyes don't exist.

See you later.