Whenever I Remember - Poem.
Whenever I remember,
A smile on my face dawns.
Not just because the pain that lingered through my bones is finally gone.
It takes me to a place I felt I was right where I belonged.
So whenever I remember,
I see the gleam in your eyes that once told me I was the one.
And it carries on like a glimpse of the morning sun.
Sadly nothing in life lasts forever.
And the thoughts only touch my mind whenever I remember.
Like finishing a novel.
It doesn’t leave me with unwritten pages left to unravel.
The journey may have left it’s influence.
So whenever I remember,
I’m completely okay with it.
Like most stories.
Ours began, heightened and arrived upon its tragic expiration.
That whenever I remember,
I sing along with until the song ends.
I don’t decipher every conjunction compelling where we went wrong.
I have long gone moved on.
But whenever I remember,
That beautiful sunset cascades on and on until it’s gone.
It doesn’t revive those past terrors in the middle of the night.
Or take me back to the days I wore your T-shirt to bed while holding it tight.
When I cried and cried.
Still, after all that agony,
I wish you nothing but the best for the rest of your life.
Because the truth about healing is.
Whenever I remember,
It really doesn’t hurt as much as it did.
Because I walked through the darkest hallway and still opened the door.
Afraid of the possibility that you wouldn’t be there anymore.
While your absence lead me on an unforgetting lesson as I trailed through the wickedest thorns.
That has now only taught me a great deal from trusting you.
So whenever I remember,
I also thank God that I wasn’t meant to be the one for you too.
Written By: Tiffany Bales