I wish I knew you

I sit here and think
Eyes on my thoughts
without a blink
people around me distraught
and I with a silent cry
I sit here pensive, watching them
Hard to reach like Eminem
I wish I knew you like they do
Then I’ll feel what they feel
and know what they lost
Hi - I barely spoke
this word to you.
Why, I never looked
you in the face.
How, I never shared
your embrace
I wish I knew you
even if you were
a million miles away.
Even if there was a flood
I’d travel just to see my blood
Even if there was a hurricane
I’d reach you just to
see you in your cane
Even in snow,
I’d come to let you know
that I wouldn’t want you to go
But these weather warriors
never came to stop me
and i never made it across the sea
And you left before I got a chance
to pull my boat off shore
to travel, to reach you,
to come and say hello.
How do I say bye to
someone I never really knew?
I sit here and replay in my mind
your voice that I didn’t leave behind
from the one time I spoke to you
and the memories of their memories
I never knew you
but I wish I knew you
and If I knew you, then I’ll reminisce
on all the times I would miss
But I never knew you
so I sit here & reminisce
on all the times that would exist
and with all those times,
I can say bye bye.