remembering when

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remembering when

i move the half full bottles of water
       setting them on the desktop
to take down the worn photo album
turning pages slowly
watching myself
       getting older
       growing colder

turning on through my broken relationships
       page after page
one smiling face becomes another
as time paces on
watching myself
       becoming me
       transforming reality


and there you are
       (we are)
the way that we once were
so happy
so full of life
       (ignore the hollowness inside)


and i close these pages of my life
       replace the broken binding
back behind the half full bottles of water
for the memories hurt too much
and i don't want to feel
       this pain again
       remembering when










march 28, 2002
11:56 pm