Remember yourself?

remember the cold days?

when it was harder to move then to breathe?

when the sun went to hiatus and left a walmart bulb in his place...

remember how we prayed for the winter to come faster

we craved the cold, the clouds, and our clueless selves

do you recall the books that we stacked on our shelves

the lists that we made, the promises that we held

our mirrors changed our reflections

and the missing sun changed our complexions

our old habits found away to slide

we held on to the day, we let go of the night

do you still remember your old self?

your needy flawed self?

the girl that you left at the basement, scarred

the boy that you abandoned in the field, hurt

how come we never forget?

we never forget the things that drag us down to the dirt

for we saw the light, but we knew the stars wouldn't shine without the dark.