: ̗̀➛ Poetry: A Journey

Fragments Of My Childhood

The fragrance of my childhood
Hides in the folds of your embrace.
You were warm, like the sun's rays,
Whenever I needed you, you were there.
I thought our relationship would always stay that way.

I loved you so much, and I expected you to do the same,
But with time, our relationship got tainted,
And our love for each other slowly faded.
With passing years, the distance grew between us.

It's not like I don't love you anymore,
I still do as much as before,
And I know you love me too,
But it does not feel the same anymore.

You are here, but when I look for you,
I just cannot find you anywhere.
Even though the world left me behind,
I hoped you would be with me through time.

In the fragments of my childhood,
All the love you gave me, I still remember,
But all the times you looked at me with contempt, I still remember.
My love for you is still there,
Your love for me is still here.

But our relationship is not like before,
Even though we are so close by,
It feels like we are countries apart.
I can't feel your warmth anymore,
All the good memories of you are here,
You too are here, but it's not like before.

In the fragments of my childhood,
All the love you gave me, I still remember,
In those fragments, I remember how
You used to smile and look at me with love.
In your embrace, I felt all the warmth.
You were there for me whenever I cried,
And when I needed you, you appeared right before my eyes.

But now that I am older, things have changed.
As I look at you, I don't feel the same,
You're still as before, but we are not anymore.
People say, with time, relationships change, and I guess that's true.
What we have now is hard to believe, describe.

In the fragments of my childhood,
All the love you gave me, I still remember,
How you looked at me lovingly, I still reminisce and smile.
But I still remember how you gazed at me as if I were something filthy.

In those fragments of my childhood,
I still remember that young child who used to be happy.
And loved their mother dearly; they still do,
But it's not the same anymore.
It's all just confined to those fragments,
And those fragments are slowly fading away,
Like those dreams that fade over time.

In the fragments of my childhood,
All the love you gave me, I still remember,
All the times you smiled at me lovingly, I still remember.
But just like a dream, it doesn't feel real anymore.