Last Summer Poem by Scott Forster

a recent re-write of a piece i've had floating around since 2007/2008.


Last Summer
they just said NO
The sun hung low
no one spoke
ours hearts were broke
awake till the dawn
walking your hometown under a bleak shadow
i fell to pieces while the world stood by
Life went on
Acting like theres nothing wrong
A hole in the world no one could ever fill
those wounds that wouldn't heal
those tears i couldn't conceal
who could i look to now
who could i tell my day to now

Your coat and hat hung on the wall in the hall
empty
vacant
storms raged and we just sat blank
disengaged
theres so much i never got to say
a sudden change from joy to misery
isn't that always the way

commited you to the flame
knowing things will never be the same
i had to learn to grow
i had to find the strength somewhere
god knows where all the time goes
its funny how things turn out
weird that i can miss your shout
miss embarassment
miss being wrong

Last summer
my eyes were filled with sadness
Am i crazy, to expect to see you walk the street?
deluded to think you'll be the one i meet?
why do we only appreciate what's gone?
a new future broke with the early dawn.

Yet would i really wish for another way? ,
when its the path that lead me here today.