Remember

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 13:58 -- mep535

Location

83445
United States
43° 59' 26.808" N, 111° 41' 31.9452" W

I remember those days,
they were so great.
I remember the early years,
we were oh so close.
Riding on the teeter-totter.
Riding the spider.
Climbing the trees,
playing on the playground.
Remember Grandmas.
Remember the game,
the game of tag.
Those days are all gone.
Remember the sad years,
all the fighting,
all the scowling,
all the yelling.
Those 4 years,
my worst years.
Now,
those years are gone.
I just hear myself saying...
If only everything could be,
if only everything could be,
like now,
like now.
Playing guitar,
and jamming.
It sure is a lot better.
I couldn't believe,
it could be so fine,
so fine.

But now that all of that is gone,
lost in the memories of yesterday,
I find myself crying...
why can't things be,
why can't things be,
like they used to be.
Why can't I just hug you,
love you,
talk to you like it was back when.
Why does everything have to be so hard.
Everything has disappeared,
Dissolved into little bits of nothing,
nothing that used to be something.
Something that made me smile.
Something that made me warm.
Something that has turned into nothing now.

So why can't we make amends.
Put everything in the past that belongs in the past.
Run with it and have fun.
If only we could do that.
If only I wasn't sitting here,
Sitting here alone without my big brother,
Justin.

Comments

Dynaniqu3

beautiful you can feel your heart in every line

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