strangers now

If you saw me now, what would you think?

In our small town, nursing that drink.

Would I stick in your mind, 

Unaffected by time

A radiant light, a delicate thing 

And it’s all faded, out of view

But I hear your whisper

It echoes in the room

The trace of your finger

On the small of my back

Memories in a charcoal black

If I saw you now, what would I do?

On Hill Street, her arm around you?

Would it linger for days?

The smell of her perfume

Would it cling to my body?

The way you used to

And it’s all faded, out of view

But I hear your laughter

It echoes in the room

The warmth I feel after

Your breath on my neck

Memories are all that’s left 

If we saw each other, what would we say?

Fake niceties, how’s the weather today?

Would wish we’d said more?

Like we used to before 

Strangers now, forevermore 

And it’s all faded, out of view

But I still see you

In every room

Eternal presence 

On all my senses

Memories, a curse I’m left with