This is where
we started out.
Such an insignificant place,
and the moment
was forgettable.
Nothing to differentiate it
from any other time,
any other place.
Quiet street.
Quiet town.
Clear, blue sky,
just a few clouds.
As unassuming
as any time and place
might be.
Who would have thought
it would be here
we changed everything.
No special skills,
no gifted minds.
We started out,
just you and I.
We spent our days
playing outside,
until the streetlights
told us it was time.
We walked to school,
we rode our bikes.
Chased the girls
in summertime.
All these memories
and I still can’t divide
myself from the same
of leaving you here to die.
I walked away,
and you stayed.
The sunny side of town
bled out into grey.
You felt the pain.
I was too far away,
and I didn’t’ believe
you’d begun
to dig your grave.
Here in our old hometown,
I don’t recognize a sound.
All the color’s gone,
there’s snow on the ground,
and I’m reaching out
for those memories.
HG – 2021