Even though I have an excerpt from my novel scheduled to post later today, I thought I’d share a poem from Kamikaze Butterflies as well. It fits with my mood as of late.
Faded Memories
Remember back in high school
When we said we’d keep in touch?
Oh, how long ago that was
I’ve forgotten oh, so much
The names and all the faces
Of people that I knew
Are gone from all my memories
When lists I go sifting through
I use the social search engine
To try to find old friends
But when I see that I’ve forgot
The search comes to an end
I look at all the faces
On all of the profiles
And sadly I think to myself
“This will take a while”
The only way it seems for me
To remember names and faces
Is to find my old yearbooks
In their old hiding places
I feel a twinge of sadness
And also a bit of guilt
That it seems that I’ve forsaken
The friendships that I built
If you come to read this
And you were once my friend
Feel free to send a message
So old friendships we can mend