My Yesterdays

I watched the sun set on my life, Knowing where it went awry; I put you with my yesterdays And promptly said goodbye. I put you on the corner shelf In a box of fading gray, Then took one final look at you. And tucked you far away. I couldn’t stand the thought of you, So I purged each memory Of hopes and dreams and silent screams That you once shared with me. I thought that if I left them there I could surely start anew But all the pieces of my heart Were nothing without you. I put you with my yesterdays And alone I face the end, Thinking only of my longing For my discarded friend.