things just aren't the same as they used to be
memories faded like old faces of new-found love
kisses              
once blown to the wind
now tucked behind secret doors
mind hidden
dark addictions
lurking eyes prey on out
of                          
body  
heartbeats        
our laughter still echoes through my veins
linking us eternal
through time

forged in summer heat
hardened in winter cold
gifted flashbacks
reminiscent smiles
exchanged expressions of forever
I am constantly reminded
by the carvings on my flesh
the notches on my belt
of the days we spent in hibernation
entwined in limp-willed dreams

I will forever be forgetting you