In another life....

[northerndryad]

It strikes me sometimes, amidst life's coincidences and twists.
The thought that I've known someone for so much longer than I can reasonably explain.
The feeling that I've been through so much more with them than they remember.
The knowledge, hazy on little details, but very precise when it comes to the broader portions of their character that I have never dealt with.

I know that I must've known you before now.
Before that summer.
Before the day when we met.
Before you smiled.
Before it all.

Always.

I'm not even talking about soul-mates, or maybe I am.
But I have had this feeling, to varying degrees, with several people I love.
Some days I just wonder at the things that I know but can't explain.

Today is one of those days.

And it is making it very difficult to focus on the here and now.
The work in front of me, the music playing in the background, the impatient rumbling of my stomach are all part of some only half realized dream. While the thoughts of our accomplishments, those already achieved and those still yet to be, are fresh and large in my mind.

So much to do.
So little time.

So be it.