Remember

Do you remember when
Falling wasn’t about
Love?
Do you remember when
Searching wasn’t for the
One?

Do you remember when
Death was a word
Not a wish?
Do you remember when
Wounds were kissed
Not self inflicted?

Do you remember when
"Coming down" meant from a playhouse
Not from drugs?
Do you remember when
"Losing it" meant a favorite toy
Not your innocence?

Do you remember when
You could face the
Mirror?
Do you remember when
The end didn’t seem so
Near?

Do you remember when
Fears could be soothed with
A few simple words?
Do you remember when
You could talk and
Actually feel you were heard?

Do you remember when
Night terrors ended
With your sleep?
Do you remember when
Never ending expectations
Weren’t so hard to meet?

Do you remember when
Emotions had nothing to do with
Being weak?
Do you remember when
You didn’t need poetry in order
To speak?