There’s something about this moment,
Giving off a nostalgic impression
Those 5 guys were rightly on to something**
When they sang endlessly over the PA system
Flagrantly harmonizing on about how much
went into making me who I am today,
I believe you felt it too that time ago,
I caught it in your eyes on that 1st satisfying click
The feeling reverberating through most solid vibe and sole
on laminated floor we took that first spin
But even then, you hesitated,
You only wanted to preview what’s in store, before committing
to longer journeys to and froe
To sharing the many 10,000s of highs
and to lows so staggering
they left us below sea level
And with this, despite me having a twin
you still choose me that day^
Before us, you would struggle to get a grip
With me, you easily navigated with one hand
Going only where your heart and pockets would lead you,
And there at every turn. I would be close by
taking up things even when my odd compartmentalization
Made it seem like I couldn’t take the contents of your baggage anymore
And to your surprise, I remained unrelentingly level through the duress
The oppression of projected earth, sleet and snow
The gusting of foul airs trying to knock me down
I hid into myself, only to rise stronger like a stone
Some would critique me for being inflexible despite the abuse
But I knew what it meant to be guaranteed for a lifetime
But a lifetime for you meant 10 years at most,
The suspense of the next best thing was too much
for you to hold out hope for evidently,
You so firmly fixated to the superficial things you knew
loosely tossed in with circumstances exacerbated
Those gains in beauty and the small ounces of difference between
Me and that new new I saw on your phone
Enhanced and younger than me
The one you had your eyes and
hands on fake parts recently,
To think many years ago you wondered if I was worth it,
you expected my all, I only expected you to trust in me
The cost was my able body and everything
in my possession you claimed to be yours
I supposed parting ways was inevitable though
One of us was bound to give up or break down
Even a solid stone when persistently stressed,
Develops an irreverisble hole over time
Perhaps I wasn’t ready to feel put aside
We had some good times I still recall
the satisfying sounds from when we 1st clicked
Once louder than the cacophonic Fear
Of Missing Out on something new
Question to you:
From which perspective do you believe this story is being told?
Answer in the comment section below:
- A traveler upset with the fall of his winter coat
- A woman somberly reflecting on a prior love
- A luggage reminiscing about it’s previous owner
- A man who gave it his all and it wasn’t enough
- All of the above
**Yes, that’s an N’Sync reference & ^Yes, that’s a Drake reference