Jan 06, 2008 01:02
i went out with five old friends tonight.
five friends from a past hundreds of memories old and yet but a few years back.
was met with the clean jacket from work, cigarettes i hadn't known before, the new girlfriend.
bizarre.
how things change and yet remain the same.
but there was the laughter.
that same earth shattering, ear piercing wail.
that had become a part of me.
had seen me through boyfriends and life lessons, song and sorrow, old homes and new adventures.
i go away.
i see the world.
and i return to be greeted by a past i'd nearly forgotten.
i cannot forget.
i cannot dwell.
i can only live.
i leave.
i will return soon.
to away.
to the world.
and this past will remain here.
living in the present.
with its new jackets and cigarettes and girlfriends.
with its same laughter and voices and hugs.