Days

Whenever we met up, we'd spend the night

sharing endless stories, about our dreams

We would dream together, get excited together
We look forward to tomorrow

But the day started getting shorter

We became more anxious each day
Everything that seemed forever

Began to disappear 

I miss the days we'd be honest
Sometimes it hurt, sometimes it was embarrassing
But that's why I was grateful for those times of mess

We could share everything 

We shared the same dreams

What changed?

What have we come to value now?

When we meet up now, over drinks

We talk about the good old times

What we don't talk about anymore

are the dreams from our twenties

I miss when we could encourage each other

Sometimes with a pat, sometimes with sour words
That's why I was grateful for those days, I wasn't lonely

We could share everything
We walked the same direction
What changed?
What have we come to treasure now?
Like that, we became adults
The blue days of our youth become memories

What changed?
Our hearts still beat hot 
Nothing's different
So why is it so difficult now?

Reviews

[Locke Redwyne (night sy..]

I know exactly how you feel :)

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank you!

[Cherrie Palmer]

School days and school time friends are memories of gold

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

They sure are especially when we still keep in contact.

[Cherrie Palmer]

That is wonderful.

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank you! c:

[Pete]

we are carefree when we are young. the sky is the limit. life is what happens. we get older, things change, priorities change, we change. life becomes more precious. so we start making compromises.

this is a good, honest, heartfelt write. it made me think. thanks for sharing ... :)

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Thoreau

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thanks for the review! I miss the old days, but we still meet up from time to time!

[Chris Shaw]

When I read this I started to think about my two grandsons and the pals they had at school. They also had a group of friends that they had known for years and had much fun with. When they left school and moved into college, they made new friends. They still kept in contact with their earlier friends, but some of the closeness had gone. They have moved on, and no doubt when they are both in the workplace, probably the same thing will happen again. You will always have those memories, but life is about change.

Chris

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thanks very much! I made some good lifelong friends I still meet up with at least once a month! A lot of them married, one of is in America currently since he married abroad! He visits once a year and we have a big party with everyone.

[Chris Shaw]

It's good to stay in touch. Even though the good old days have gone, there is nothing to stop you from keeping in touch with old friends.

[Chris Shaw]

Your photographs are very nice.

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thank you very much!

[Ariana Omnomnom]

This is a very sweet, heartfelt poem. I can see the nostalgia you must feel thinking about the good ol' days. Highschool was terrible for me and I don't miss it at all. I feel like I will forever live in my youth because even if I grow up I refuse to grow old. I can't live with mundanity, I revolve around duality and change. I'm always tipping the scale back and forth in life. Sometimes it makes life hard but it always gets better. I hope at least.

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Thanks! How come your high school was terrible? Mine was good, I made some good lifelong friends I still meet up with at least once a month! A lot of them married, one of is in America currently since he married abroad!

[Ariana Omnomnom]

I never graduated, my mental health really suffered during that time and I ended up a drop out with no friends and a whole slew of problems.

[송지석 / Ji-Suk]

Oh, I am sorry.

[Ariana Omnomnom]

It's okay, college is a lot better for me.