Tuesday, September 10, 2019

people I used to know (rewrite 1)


I don't like photographs
from the past
I find them in drawers
filled with odds and ends
they appear again
with places I've gone to
and folks who once were friends
I wonder where they go
I miss them so
the people I used to know

I don't know where they've gone
friends move on
disappearing but not 
from memory
I can't believe
they've been taken away from me
I'm someone you'll outgrow
where did they go
the people I used to know

           do you remember me?
          I was someone
          you cared about
          do you remember me
          I'm the one
          you learned to live without

I don't like memories
they betray me
they want me to believe
what isn't true
what can I do
but remember the lies
that came from you
you told me so
where did you go
the people I used to know


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