Bonding

Initials carved in my memory

Do you remember that dusty summer
We were only nine or ten
Can you be bothered to think far back
Do you want to go there again?

We were young and innocent then
and now the world wears
heavy on shoulders -
not that anyone really cares.

Do you recall those days we had
When the world was a photo
and we held the camera.

A life preserved in an instant
Joy alive 'til the end of time
a moment of true love and friendship
In the everburning sunshine.

Do you still feel
those oaths we swore
to stay friends forever
throughout love and war?

And now like childhood lost
Are gone all the joys
a simple game could provide.

Time has carried away
the love that we knew
the bond between us has broken
but I will never forget you.