"Just For Us"
There's something safe
inside nostagia,
something we all remember being,
a stretch of time
where we still felt
the whole of our lives
could still be filled
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with what we wanted to be,
Time has a way of being
full of possibilities
and empty of them
at the same time,
Back when I was a kid
something I realize now
is that everyday were full of
if's and when's and then's,
And now
so many painful
what if's ;
So full of happy memories
and what could have been's,
I remember when
mornings on the weekends
--first thing,
I would lift
a cordless phone
because my mom loved them,
dialing from memory
all my friends
trying to make plans for the day,
Nothing mattered
as long as we each said
we could hang,
Lazy sundays
with my sister
waiting for my dad
to start the barbeque,
Oh,
there's something safe
in nostalgia
and why
I still love going to the movie theater,
Or enjoying a backyard barbeque
with my friends,
Grabbing snacks
and watching the same
shitty horror movie
again and again,
Listening to the same songs
over and over
until the last second
just to repeat again
on a sony walkman,
There are moments in time
we all have
where we find
what feels safe enough to open up
--if only just for us.
-Armando Torres
