The sky, I swear, was bluer then,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPZeVHBScb
Or perhaps that’s how I choose to remember—195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUX7zduXAsR
Those were days when trains were always late,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2rDSwo02Y
And dreams often missed their stop.
We spoke in promises, never in plans,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpC7yCnfH40
Etched our hopes in chalk along quiet streets,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgrilKEHwM
And laughed as though the world195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWKRwrYUwO
Were made entirely of summer evenings.
Our hearts, unburdened,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgIzMRxVDs
Knew love without disclaimers,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINAeAblFC0
And sorrow came unnamed,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQyIJ6kksN
Gentle in its arrival.
We lived between the chime of bells195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BD1QhbbBn
And the hush of cafés,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIsSiFKuHi
Where aspirations steamed195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BxAc7v81F
From mugs held too long, too tightly.
Every goodbye felt temporary,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhNiZhzUa9
Every friendship, a forever,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvDU09Fm3S
And each kiss195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPNF7E7Arx
A tiny rebellion against the ticking clock.
But like rain slipping from forgotten rooftops,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡME9vVtYjgj
Those moments faded—195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEBLFnMc0k
Not vanished,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdseKT045DN
Only softened by time’s patient hands.
That was youth.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqADWpi5Tn
Not merely the brightness of age,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4xuTfRuAE
But the ache of becoming—195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFjZnkePWg
The quiet pain of growing into ourselves.
