Nostalgia is Memory with the Pain Removed

There are a few friends that I have lost touch with and I regret that so much. I wrote this poem in 2003 while thinking of a few of them.

Friends and Lovers

I thought of you today

And smiled.

My heart remembered you

As we were,

Unbowed by time,

Unspoiled by tears.

But that’s not real

No matter what I want.

Life has performed its task

And so here we are

Fumbling awkwardly

Over memories.

You have grown

And become the person

I always knew you

Would be

I’m not sure what I am,

Other than scarred.

Much has passed

Between chance meetings

Yet one thing remains

I am still blessed

By you.