Memories I Romanticize

I remember it like it was yesterday

As I’m walking down memory lane

It’s fascinating

How my favourite memories are the ones I didn’t realize I was making

Until they were made

Maybe it’s just Mercury retrograde

But it’ll hit me out of nowhere

The scent of a stranger from a gust of air

The million words hidden in an old picture

An old song my parents used to always play

Home cooked meals that taste like Nana used to make

Or the crisp chill on my skin as the seasons change

If I close my eyes

I can almost travel back in time

To relive those moments that passed me by

Before becoming memories I romanticize

I’ll remember exactly how I felt

When the past was once my present

And I had no idea what the future held

That nostalgic feeling I can only share with myself

Every fork in the road

Every house that’s felt like home

Every lessen learned

Every table turned

Every trial and tribulation

Every inspiring conversation

Every scar that tells a story

Every gore and every glory

Everything we’ve come to know

Has shaped us as we grow

Every experience is a seed

Everyone’s garden is unique

Cause we all develop from a different past

And I look forward to looking back

At the memories currently I’m making

Knowing soon they’ll be scenes I’m mentally replaying

I’ll take a look around

And take it all in

Someday this’ll be another memory I’m recalling