pride

sometimes
there are times
like these times
when the times
i find myself
spending time
with them
i am outside of time
like being back in time
when i see myself
in another time
that was
but never was

as if
they are everything
i wanted to be
as if
they are every
thing i ever
was, but
better
smarter
wiser

if this is pride
then let it be
if this is love
then let me
cease to seek it
for it has found me
willingly, unwittingly