Memories

Sitting around for a coffee
Watching people pass you by
Walking around doing shopping
Not noticing how time can fly

Walking around in the subway
Looking for stuff at the mall
I'm looking just like a bouncer
You're looking just like a doll

Sitting around in a quaint place
Chatting away about things far away
What a lovely thing is your face
The ebb and flow of conversational sway

Sitting around watching movies
Picking our favourite scenes
Talking about what gets us mushy
And all the sweet little things

A walk in the dark on the sea side
A sip of a drink on the beach
A conversation moves in with the high tide
And refuses to leave us in peace

A burger for dinner, a sausage for breakfast
Some pasta thrown in for lunch
Moments like these are not meant to last
But they remain with us in a bunch

The horrible sight of you packing
The stuff that must all go away
Wanting to speak, but feel choking
Wanting so much to ask you to stay

And then the final wave of goodbye
And the knowledge that this is the last
Trying to make my face smile
Despite the emptiness in my heart

A lonely way back home
A sadness beyond compare
Feeling so damn alone
Nothing to hold and care

Memories can be so heart wrenching
I think Meatloaf was right by far
"Objects in the rear view mirror"
"May appear closer than they are"