Right now, we are close, 
pulling towards each other. 

I know that if I wait, suspended in non-action 
we will pull away from each other again, the release becoming easier as we gain distance. 

But this doesn't scare me; in fact, I find it comforting to know, 
to feel assured that at the end of this cycle 
we'll be in each other's orbit again. 

But what I don't know is where we'll be, 
how much things would have changed, 
important things, like you, 
and me. 

I've often contemplated staying stagnant for you, 
for the purpose of remaining a familiar face, 
a known force. 

But to stunt one's own growth is such a sacrifice. 
And how would I know it would be appreciated? 

What if, 
upon reunion, I were to see you had developed into someone else,
and I had done so much for a person 
I didn't even want anymore? 

No, I could only hope for natural and simultaneous convergent evolution.

That is, if I don't act now
If I wait until that indeterminate future