the constant traveler

When I was attending my hostile environment training in Manchester
I procured a butterfly pendant but failed to present you with the same
Due to your ludicrous inkling that gifts are off-limits in the face of true Friendship
When we first met at the coffee shop eons ago
Resulted why I resorted to writing poetry
An absurd idea on my part a misleading design to think I could woo you over
To believe in the power of creative writing carefully to fit inside a few verses
That consists of words that rhyme creating a rhythm in mid sentences
I was 20 occupied in Dubai rationalizing what adventure you might have ventured in to
Stuck in an airport in Pakistan I saw a humming bird and a blue plastic bag
Arbitrarily floating in the air; which reminded me of your indigo hair band
Which you use to wear, hopelessly on your left arm
Attending the Formula 1 race event 2008 in Bahrain
I barely had a glimpse of the race cars as they dashed past me so fast
Made me wonder how our time together also expired just as fast in the past
When I was 23 - enduring the war effort occupying ghosts of the war tore city of Baghdad
I meant to write but there was nothing worth mentioning though I spare you lives misfortunes  
Thought I was protecting you when I failed to communicate the wounds I received in Ballad or
The time when I was in the opium fields in the Kanoon province in Afghanistan
I discovered that heroin is almost as intoxicating (&addictive just as close) as you
When I was in a discotheque in New Castle I saw a girl with a butterfly tattoo
Reminded me of how you spread your wings and flew away with someone more attuned to you
When I was in a seafood restaurant in Singapore I ordered a Unagisushi (I did not even eat it)
Only to induce the aroma of your favorite dish as it evoked your memory
When I was on a 15-hour layover in Male sinking my feet in the sea sand
I simply wished that you were there with me just holding my hand
When I was once stuck in a metro in London I meant to send a postcard
But got distracted by the fact that you were engaged to another hence it was hard
After a Coldplay concert ended in Liverpool I saw this little Irish lass
And thought how beautiful your children might take after your beautiful stance
When I was visiting a castle in Edinburgh oh! How I wished I have secured a castle for you
And how I should have said those 3 words more often than I ever moved around without you