Faded Memories and Beauty

When I saw you today

My heart strings yanked your memory from

the overlooked and disregarded shelf of my mind

And though it was dusty, it was still there;

All the laughter of our school days,

Like faded construction paper.

The old pictures of us,

 long yellowed with age,

The cobwebs could not hide its beauty;

or the scent that enveloped me

 the way your hugs used to

Smelling like the ocean and sprinkled with sand.

It all made me wish I could go back,

Every time I have failed to stop myself from glancing behind,

You have been there.

Though now we both no longer feel the same inside

and whatever feelings we had for each other

have long since died

You have your new life and friends now

As I have mine

I know we can never go home again,

but

You will always have that place in my mind

On the shelf filled with

Faded Memories and Beauty

Work in progress:

By Me