My Memory and I Took A Walk Pt.2

My memory and I took another walk

But this time we walked alone

No one was there to remind me of the past

Or to call me back home

But on this walk with my memory

We saw my town anew

I looked at the places that I'd been

But this time I saw things askew

For the first time, with my memory

I saw these places as my past

For the first time with my memory

I saw how short it really did last

I saw the place I first felt at home

Outside of the four walls I call my room

And then I saw the place that I 

Had enjoyed in a 50s costume

I saw the place that made me cry

For my boyfriend had gone away

And the place where I wanted to stay forever

Before my feelings started to sway

I saw the place that broke my heart

For I had broken his

I saw a place I still want to go back to

Even if I had to retake every quiz

I saw the places where things had changed

Where the old parts of me had died

The places that made me who I am

The places in which I've cried

My memory and I took a walk

But this time everything was the end

It was not something coming back to me

But places that are now being penned

Places that are no longer mine

I cannot get them back

They are stuck in the past

In the shadow of the black
So now I can move on
And start another chapter
God has showed me with this walk
That I can be happy after
The past I walked away from
Is a happy memory in my head
But I will be even happier
Letting go and living instead