The sky, I swear, was bluer then,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahnahrmwzO
Or perhaps that’s how I choose to remember—186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYCLAoYWW5
Those were days when trains were always late,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSW3TQ6lk9
And dreams often missed their stop.
We spoke in promises, never in plans,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9kGYZUjQ8
Etched our hopes in chalk along quiet streets,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a2rW9CNkW
And laughed as though the world186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4bTVKCyyW
Were made entirely of summer evenings.
Our hearts, unburdened,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdCxryU8JP
Knew love without disclaimers,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwsleroHLs
And sorrow came unnamed,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZZo0bUvWL
Gentle in its arrival.
We lived between the chime of bells186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b60aV8rtV
And the hush of cafés,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg1G8lYQLN
Where aspirations steamed186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0sqhX2NaS
From mugs held too long, too tightly.
Every goodbye felt temporary,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIaE3RINWY
Every friendship, a forever,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yZJHvF9RP
And each kiss186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOtiWPOzo0
A tiny rebellion against the ticking clock.
But like rain slipping from forgotten rooftops,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzfaAk7t6m
Those moments faded—186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGvpR5wx1B
Not vanished,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXTRvdkUmo
Only softened by time’s patient hands.
That was youth.186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDsCGQDMIs
Not merely the brightness of age,186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklsokkXtfG
But the ache of becoming—186Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdjRQ73rZS
The quiet pain of growing into ourselves.
