The Memories Faded

"Do I know you?" "Did you cross my mind?" "Were the memories of you vivid?" "Are the memories once there now since hid?"

"Who were we meant to be?" Now that time has slipped away.

For the love that once wrapped us up, now linger longingly in the darkness. You were once part of my life and were part of my past. The present moments passed on, with no future in their grasp.

The glasses since silent, the shouts of cheer muted, and no one is left who knew us. We came to be and then we parted way. the void was great, the heart longs for your smile. The pair is now only one.

We met when was still new and fresh. We clung onto each other as though we needed and wanted, were living each day vicariously without a care in the world. Through good times and bad we survived and wished for better tomorrows.

The life we made together was held close and was dearest to our hearts. We struggled and we relaxed; we lived and loved. we wiped back the tears of sorrow and joy, each day of each year. We became one together more than once and were sure we would withstand the storm and the test of time. We lived the dream and learned from our mistakes, making promises that we hoped to keep and were sad when the end came to fill its place.

We observed and discovered we would only live but for a moment, as life makes no guarantees. We reached out grabbing each other's hands and were met with an undying love that would stretch across the vastness of time. As I age, I am alone without you by my side. You left earlier than I and were last to say, "I will meet you on the other side."

We had plans made, promises made, schedules made and yet nothing was ever followed through. We wanted much and only gained a little. We achieved even less and were left broken hearted as we had some regrets. We stood tall even in the sight of disaster, were firm in our stand to be brave and believe we could weather anything thrown at us but were not infinite or invincible.

The armor was supposed to protect us and keep us from harm. We should have seen this moment and more coming at us like a villain determined to destroy those thought weak and lame. We had our whole lives ahead of us and battered and worn as we were, we never gave up or gave in.

We found the place to settle down and make our intentions known. Love was what bonded us, letting us venture out and find or own way through all that was to become the known from the unknown. What seemed simple was not, what was basic was complex, what was lost was eventually found and found was eventually lost forever.

We emerged as a unified pair stronger from the years of trials and errors, from through the thick and thin, through sickness and health, through the good times and the bad, we were victorious and claimed what we set out to claim.

The things we did to make it. The moments enshrined in photos and recorded on tape. We loved a lifetime and were sure we would live another to finish it completely. We wanted to become better at all we had been, finding it easier when you know what you are wanting, thinking the same things. We desired to fulfill long since forgotten dreams of being one thing or another.

As children, we had wanted to be more than our parents and yet we were so much like our parents, thinking they too would live forever. Reality set in as one by one they passed away in silence. Then we knew it. The moment we are born is the beginning of the end. Life is fleeting. Life gives much to do and little time to do it in.

You start out strong and sure of yourself. You say you will rule the world, you will be in control of your life, until life takes a turn this way and you are still going that way. You are born, you grow up, you live your life (possibly with someone special and meant for you), you join together, make a life and a family, then after its all said and done, you leave.

You make a place in life and with your beloved you want to carry on after you are gone. We wanted the best for all we knew and would meet one day. Carried on that which was us and then became them. We looked at each year with a sigh and knew we were closer to no longer being here.

Showing signs of aging and of forgetting. Of never knowing one moment from the next. We slipped out of today and backwards into the past. We knew things that had happened what seemed like a lifetime ago. Some faces we recall with ease. Some names we misplaced with those faces. We would reminisce and laugh at the many stories we shared like it was the first time we shared them.

Our minds foggy and empty, oblivious to the present and still declining to the past. We wept when we thought all was lost, yet our minds were never able to recall the moment we were in. We had been robbed of our abilities and our willingness to survive. Feeble and humbled by the lack of knowledge that once ruled our every waking moment.

Sadness wears the lines on our face and indecision in our minds take its place instead of a strong mind. You look around and know you are there but not sure where you are. So, as I stand here, beside the place you were laid to rest and wish for you to be here with me one more day. I will wait for my questions to be answered and my thoughts to gather again as one.

"Do I know you?" "Did you cross my mind?" "Were the memories of you vivid?" "Are the memories once there now since hid?"