I take a stroll down memory lane
Stroll might not accurately describe what’s really occurring

Lots of trips and stumbles
Frequent falls
The occasional skip and trot
Dragging my feet
What horrible posture I have

So many events to recall
So many life altering states
Interactions between us
Conversations
Gushes
Laughter
Tears
All the things.

It’s hard to smile all the time
Even though I’m amused
The past is something that is hard to forget
Scratch that
Impossible is a better choice in words
Is it letting go that is important?
Forgiving and forgetting
Or is it remembering that really matters?

If I fail to reminisce
All the times you’ve made me cry
All the ways you broke my heart
Might not allow adequate credit to be given to today
This very moment
The reason I chose to stay.
Why I came back
And still do

After all these years
I’m still here
Still gushing
Still smiling
I look at you
My heart wrinkles
Your eyebrow crinkles with delight

The beginning is always so hard
The ending is equally difficult
It’s the middle that is the most beautiful
The most significant
The part that I choose to remember
The part that I choose to never forget