Words of a Poet

Nothing but Memories

Nothing but Memories

Your hurtful words pierce my skin

Broken promises of happy future ahead

But you taught my hollowed self that they

Were fictitious dreams

That left ashes and scars in my hand

Instead of stardust and sparkles in my eyes...

My cries for you to stop fell on deaf ears

And mocking laughter still echoes

In the empty hallways of school

That keep closing in when I shut my eyes

For not a moment of solace I'm able

To scavenge in my bleak pitiful life...

Now I can see the once friendly smile on your face

On the pictures on the walls of our treehouse

Of rotting stones called milestones that

we achieved together as best friends

Like we had been for the entirety of our lives

But that's the sad reality I failed to notice...

Lives fall apart and friends drift away

Because nothing but memories are to stay.