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They say that today is a gift, A gift that must be treasured. They say forget the past, Its value can?t be measured. Plan for tomorrow, live for today, Work to leave yesterday behind. Treasure the moments as they pass by, And life will respond in kind. To them, yesterday is as nothing, A memory best forgot. But yesterday I was together with you, And I refuse to believe it for naught. Though but a memory, fleeting and gone, I just can?t let yesterday go. Though I might never see you again, I cherish the mem?ries I hold. I don?t regret spending yesterday with you, Even though we don?t have tomorrow. I don?t regret yesterday loving you, Even though it caused only sorrow. I don?t envy the time lost, or pine for the new, The past is frozen, and I?m glad it is so. No matter how we change, yesterday stays the same And I need never let yesterday go. People move on; hearts do too; You and I will never be the same. But deep down inside, you?ll always be there, Deep down this old love will not change. I don?t regret spending yesterday with you, For it gave me the courage for today. And I don?t regret that today we?re apart, I?ll gain strength for a brand new day. So I guess what I mean to say, or at least try, Is thank you for yesterday, I love you, goodbye. |
I've written poems like this before, but they were never me. This... is. This is me. It's funny, every time I think I'm letting go, I realize later that I really didn't. I think I understand now that I never will, not completely. It's not exactly what it sounds like. I've still never been in love. These are to all the friends I honestly loved, like a sister would, with all my heart, once upon a time, all the friends I've lost for some reason or another. I'll never completely be free from missing them. I'll never completely stop loving them. And you know what? That's okay. It's better this way.
Because no matter who they are becoming, or have already become, I will always have those memories of who they used to be, with me, to me, and that's all I need.