The sky, I swear, was bluer then,142Please respect copyright.PENANA9g98Pkk5CJ
Or perhaps that’s how I choose to remember—142Please respect copyright.PENANASPCFi8Gtol
Those were days when trains were always late,142Please respect copyright.PENANAlKvkTfVeGP
And dreams often missed their stop.
We spoke in promises, never in plans,142Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ssem4d39b
Etched our hopes in chalk along quiet streets,142Please respect copyright.PENANAIt0vfaI0TY
And laughed as though the world142Please respect copyright.PENANAHnkex1vWaB
Were made entirely of summer evenings.
Our hearts, unburdened,142Please respect copyright.PENANAjv6bfnPfOS
Knew love without disclaimers,142Please respect copyright.PENANA7co1z2fklb
And sorrow came unnamed,142Please respect copyright.PENANAgJmBxqELiM
Gentle in its arrival.
We lived between the chime of bells142Please respect copyright.PENANAZFPi6JF7am
And the hush of cafés,142Please respect copyright.PENANACQVdeDpXUN
Where aspirations steamed142Please respect copyright.PENANAGwPz0ij7Rf
From mugs held too long, too tightly.
Every goodbye felt temporary,142Please respect copyright.PENANAkybokNDHI1
Every friendship, a forever,142Please respect copyright.PENANAq6dk4r6pbZ
And each kiss142Please respect copyright.PENANAaeMaZeJhLP
A tiny rebellion against the ticking clock.
But like rain slipping from forgotten rooftops,142Please respect copyright.PENANAIkHC6pWtIA
Those moments faded—142Please respect copyright.PENANALYSgjC78Ft
Not vanished,142Please respect copyright.PENANA9BmquJ0vNr
Only softened by time’s patient hands.
That was youth.142Please respect copyright.PENANAbM9t6NW5O6
Not merely the brightness of age,142Please respect copyright.PENANAM1XwMQVI67
But the ache of becoming—142Please respect copyright.PENANAPxOSu9oZzS
The quiet pain of growing into ourselves.