the memories i want to keep
have been torn down
the memories i want to forget
haunt me relentlessly
the town i grew up in
reminds me of regret
the town i ran away to
fills me with anger
the town i was born in
i’ve returned for good
the friends afar
i keep close
the old friends
are forgotten
to remember now
would only help
me to forget
memories of before
made of the past
forged again
in the future
my being is anew