When We Were Us #1

When We Were Us

I found your name in the back of a book,
Right where I swore I'd never look.
Dust on the cover, time in disguise,
But all I saw were your laughing eyes.

The swing still creaks in the evening breeze,
Where you once said, “Don't forget me, please.”
And though the years have come and gone,
That moment still keeps holding on.

Back when we were us, so wild, so free,
Two hearts chasing what we couldn't see.
Now it's just echoes and midnight skies,
Old songs and long goodbyes.
But in my soul, you're still enough—
Frozen in time, when we were us.

Your sweater’s tucked in a closet drawer,
I haven’t touched it since you walked out the door.
But now and then, I catch your scent,
And fall back into where we went.

People say memories fade away,
But some just choose to stay.
You're not a ghost, you’re a part of me,
Like roots beneath a memory tree.

Back when we were us, and life felt new,
Before the silence, before I lost you.
You're the smile behind my tears,
The song I hum through all the years.
Time moves on, but I still trust—
In the beauty of when we were us.

Yes, in my heart, you’ll always be—
The best part of my memory.