Remembering

You leaned back

in that old knit swing on the porch

Laughed into your coffee

as the first of the sun brought

gold to your cheeks

It used to be like this

Us

We forgot how much we remembered

Before we took our separate paths

And we forgot about the pain

And who we were together

We even forgot our own name

The one we shared before the others came along

When you and I were us

When we shared a room

And used to whisper in the dark

I watched the shadows on your face

Until the light came out from under.