same tunes, new moon

You know those people who smile when they see you?
The ones who know a part of you others will never understand, who remember a time you shared a connection as rare as a summer full moon? 
Those who accept you for all you aren't and still always feel the corners of their lips involuntarily curling up when you hug them?

You know those people who challenged you, who watched you cry, who pushed you to heights you doubted you could climb?
The ones who held your hand and whose eyes twinkled when they reflected back in yours?
Those who let you in, who stroked your hair and wrapped you in comfort that could only be felt at three in the morning?

You know those people who seemed unreal because you laughed at the same jokes and swayed to the same music?
The ones who finished your sentences and knew how you liked your tea, who grabbed you a blanket before you even said you were cold?
Those who seemed drawn to you before you even looked up from your book?

You know those people who disappear, whose chapters close, who linger like a haunting wind?
The ones you try and blink away whose touch is burned in your body, whose face dances among every one of your cells?
Those who look up toward the same moon as you and try themselves to ignore the scars itching on their skin?

The stars still scatter for them
But the moon
The moon always shines for you