Memories of My Own
It's always the same things
Late quiet lonely nights
Lyrics to those sweet slow country songs
Memories of u I can't escape
Trying time and time again to let u go
Begging and pleading with my heart
Wishing I could erase every memory of you I ever owned
And still in the back of my mind you remain
A small piece of my heart you still hold
No answers as to why
No way to do anything about it
Even as I have moved on with my life
So sure that if I could
Your memory would no longer linger
Wrong again
As you live your life and I live mine
Your memories aren't as easy to erase
As the pictures I held onto for so long
My heart no longer belongs to u
Yet still there are so many things I can recall
As if they were only yday
I've done all that I can
To take away all that reminded me of u
Even w/o them there
Still u cross my mind
Of that I have no control
No amount of time nor space
Seems to get me where I hope to be
As far from u as I've ever been
Still it doesn’t seem like long ago
I still remember our 1st kiss
And how in u I found not only love but also a friend
Since the first sight of you
I felt drawn to you
It's been almost 4 years
Yet the memory of the that 1st day
Is burned into my mind
Even after all this time
It's a day I just can't forget
I wonder if you remember it as well as I
If it ever crosses your mind
Thoughts I fight to escape
But a grasp on me they keep
Secrets I keep buried deep inside
I don't dare to share with anyone
Only makes me miss my old friend more
From u no secrets kept
Always so easy to tell u
What was on my mind
Since then I don't let anyone get that close
Cuz with u I learned
The hardest heartbreaks
Tho u may never recover
U learn to live with
But the biggest thing I learned
Is no matter how big the bond u may share
No matter how many promises are made
No matter how much 1 may mean
Any1 at any given point and time
Can chose to change their mind
Chose to walk away
No 1 person has to stay
Things aren't written in stone
They can be there 1 day
And gone the next
Some harder to lose than others
But regardless of the pain
Memories will always remain
Even when the people in them change
You still have a choice to make
You can let the pain bring down
Let it break from the inside out
Or you can learn to bury it deep inside
And find a way to get on with your life
But memories once shared
Especially with the ones you hold dear
No matter how far from them you try to run
No matter where you try to hide
Those memories of yours will never disappear!
Copyright © Jennifer Griffith | Year Posted 2016
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