Pictures of the Past
I continue to try and convince myself
That by keeping the pictures from my past
I'm not still holding on to a love I once knew
But tonight sitting here all alone
I took one last look but to my surprise
It wasn't love I saw looking back at me
It was just an old memory
Of the girl I used to be
All the places I'd been
And people I spent my time with
In that single moment I came to see
That I didn't have to forget my past
In order to be able to move on with my life
Still sometimes those pictures I keep hid
Can make me feel things I know I shouldn't feel
But I'm old enough now
To know none of that is real
1,000 memories with you
Forgotten photographs
It's all a part of my past
I tried so hard to fight
Only to find I never really needed to
What I felt when I was with you
Was as real as it could've ever been
But that love came and went
And we both moved on with our lives
I used to see it as such a crime
To remember you
And the way you made me feel
But now that I'm grown
I think back to that time and place
And now when I do I smile
We were young, dumb, and in love
We had so much fun
For so long we were the best of friends
I think back to the trips we took
All the new places we got to see
Driving around with your hand in mine
Even if those pictures where long gone
In my heart and in my mind
I can see it all as if it were just the other day
A time in my life I don't think I'll forget
Some things may fade away
But I doubt your memory ever will
And that's ok with me
It'll be a story to tell til the end of time
Bring a good laugh or two
Because since then I've come to find
It all made me who I am today
And when I look back on my life
I couldn't imagine not having those stories to tell
So for now all those pictures of the past
I'll tuck them all away
Wait for a rainy day
To bring them out again
To see the story they can tell
Of the girl I used to be
And laugh about all those old memories
Hidden away in old forgotten photographs!!!
Copyright © Jennifer Griffith | Year Posted 2016
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