The sky, I swear, was bluer then,44Please respect copyright.PENANAtpF19hUiry
Or perhaps that’s how I choose to remember—44Please respect copyright.PENANAXM18xM71Ee
Those were days when trains were always late,44Please respect copyright.PENANA65mwBkGcwm
And dreams often missed their stop.
We spoke in promises, never in plans,44Please respect copyright.PENANA8aHHRP74ze
Etched our hopes in chalk along quiet streets,44Please respect copyright.PENANA8h1EzcarJZ
And laughed as though the world44Please respect copyright.PENANAdSa9rnPIiG
Were made entirely of summer evenings.
Our hearts, unburdened,44Please respect copyright.PENANApD8Nd2qj34
Knew love without disclaimers,44Please respect copyright.PENANALEjbiVUjd6
And sorrow came unnamed,44Please respect copyright.PENANAbhf5O5NdnK
Gentle in its arrival.
We lived between the chime of bells44Please respect copyright.PENANAoVCoADCP36
And the hush of cafés,44Please respect copyright.PENANAZELKW7ynsX
Where aspirations steamed44Please respect copyright.PENANARcxOJ0rgxV
From mugs held too long, too tightly.
Every goodbye felt temporary,44Please respect copyright.PENANAGEOjvtZXmU
Every friendship, a forever,44Please respect copyright.PENANAjkaXtoTtvo
And each kiss44Please respect copyright.PENANAcSA4cQsE42
A tiny rebellion against the ticking clock.
But like rain slipping from forgotten rooftops,44Please respect copyright.PENANA0mMrLVHVUh
Those moments faded—44Please respect copyright.PENANArXJ9fN104c
Not vanished,44Please respect copyright.PENANA5IX9sel0n0
Only softened by time’s patient hands.
That was youth.44Please respect copyright.PENANAuy4dbA4hlx
Not merely the brightness of age,44Please respect copyright.PENANAyJS7pnFQXh
But the ache of becoming—44Please respect copyright.PENANAFABO6pRFnY
The quiet pain of growing into ourselves.