Two Lives

He was born in '95,
The only son of a proud father.
She was the oldest daughter
Of a widowed man.
Elite schools,
A bright future,
His life could not compare
to the way
She had to live her own:
Alongside of school,
She had to work for several ours
just to pay the bills
So that they could have hot showers.

They grew up
On the opposite sides of town.
They never met until
Both of their lives got turned
Upside down.
He had everything he ever wanted,
Anything he could have wished for.
His luck never seemed to run out.
Her life was never easy,
Having to grow up without
a mother.
She often felt her father
pull away too,
sink into his work,
distance himself from reality.

How many times
could they have passed by
each other on the street,
Looking, but not seeing?
How often could their paths
have come close,
So close,
But they would not meet?

Growing up without struggles,
He searched for a rush,
A thrill
that would make
His monotonous life interesting,
Refreshing,
Different.
But after so many times
he tempted death,
His luck expired
and a situation got out of control.
One accident
and he could never walk again.

After a long battle,
Her father finally gave up.
She was left with no help,
But a large burden
on her shoulders,
While her parents were reunited.
Two little sibling
now relied solely on her:
She left school
to work full time.
She never once let
anyone see her pain.

How many times
could they have passed by
each other on the street,
Looking, but not seeing?
How often could their paths
have come close,
So close,
But they would not meet?

All the people who surrounded him
before he was confined,
Restricted to a wheelchair,
Slowly began to disappear
One by one.
He began to realise
that his previous life
Was no way to live:
He started to reevaluate
Every decision,
Every choice,
Every relationship.

She was finding it hard
to give her siblings
The chances they deserve,
She found it difficult
to handle it on her own.
And that's when she met him,
When she was most in need
of a friend,
Someone with whom
She could share the heavy weight of
Life.

Who would have ever guessed
that they were each other's missing
Puzzle pieces?
They grew up
On the opposite sides of town.
They never met until
Both of their lives got turned
Upside down.
But they made each other whole:
She saw the real person inside him
like no one had ever before,
Not blinded by his wealth,
His status.
He made life so simple,
Easy for her to cope,
He treated her little siblings
like they were his own.

How many times
did they pass by
each other on the street,
until finally they met?
How often did their paths
come so close,
But never join
until the day they let
Their destiny guide them?