OE: Memories

I'm lost in memories, adrift in the past The echoes of moments that didn't last Images flicker, like old movie reels Bringing back emotions that I can feel

The laughter and joy, the love and the pain All come flooding back, driving me insane I can't shake them loose, no matter how hard I try These memories, they grip me, they never die

The faces of those I've loved and lost Haunt me in these memories, no matter the cost I see them so clearly, it's almost real But then they fade away, like a lost appeal

I keep trying to hold on, to relive the past But time keeps moving on, it moves too fast I know I need to let go, to live in the now But sometimes these memories, they make me howl...