the perfect memory
08/05/2008 01:02 a.m.
everyone i know
obsesses over
the perfect memory:
some time when things were
just how they should be;
no complications
no stress
some sort of blissful utopia

and it seems every minute
is spent in nostalgia
with a sad yearning
beating the drum of their hearts
while they drag their feet
through today

but i ask this
honestly, and with genuine intent,
what's so bad
about right here
and what's so bad
about right now?