for good...

Last night, I was up for major "re-bonding" (hehe) with one of my favorite people (and probably only true male friend) Joel. Dinner was yumyum-yummy, Filipino/Japanese food , but nothing beat flipping through his huge pile of photos from his recent US trip.

After dinner, he kidnapped me and took me to his place where we ate yoghurt-covered peanuts (mmmm-mmm) and he made me listen to some songs from the musical, Wicked. The last song practically had me in tears.

FOR GOOD

 

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives for a reason

Bringing something we must learn

And we are led

To those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you

 

Like a comet pulled from orbit

As it passes a sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

Halfway through the wood

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

I have been changed for good

 

It well may be

That we will never meet again

In this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me

Like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine

By being my friend

 

Like a ship blown from its mooring

By a wind off the sea

Like a seed dropped by a skybird

In a distant wood

Who can say if

I've been changed for the better?

But because I knew you

(Because I knew you)

I have been changed for good

 

And just to clear the air

I ask forgiveness

For the things

I've done you blame me for

But then, I guess we know

There's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore

 

Like a comet pulled

Like a ship blown

From orbit as it

Off it's mooring

Passes a sun, like By a wind off the

A stream that meets Sea, like a seed

A boulder, half-way Dropped by a

Through the wood Bird in the wood

 

Who can say if

I've been changed for the better?

I do believe

I have been changed for the better?

And because I knew you

Because I knew you

Because I knew you

I have been changed for good.

 
Suddenly memories of my friends (past and present) filled my head. They say the best kinds of friends are the ones who you don't see all the time - but when you do, it's like they were never gone.

I consider myself very lucky.
 
*The hardest thing you'll ever have to learn is how to say goodbye. (from the mini-series, Taken)