budgbrown

The world was so much different then Than it is now The sun was brighter The nights were cooler The sounds of nature more vibrant And the smell of you still lingered in the air The world was so much different then Or was it? Perhaps it was the same Perhaps nothing has change The sun is just as bright And the night just as cool And the stars just as invigorating And the sounds of nature just as perfect then As they are now So what has changed then I am older You are older And the intimacy we shared Is at best On an infrequent day A lingering memory Sometimes as effervescent As we were together And sometimes As bitter as our parting The world has changed We have changed But I wonder Is there anything about you now That is like you then And is there anything about me now That is like me then We shared so much In the whirlwind that was us At times we took the world As if we were the storm Everything falling into place The world at our feet Until it wasn’t Until it began to