a memory flitted past
before i could stop it
and in that moment
i remembered

the smiles, jokes, comfortable
familiarity

and in that instance
i mourned the loss
of that happier time

when we could laugh together, comfortable
familiarity

however i do not miss you
in the way you want me to
and i don't know if i ever will

the passion died so long ago, comfortable
familiarity

could i spend the rest of my life
with just a friend, a roommate
and forsake any chance of marital happiness

is it fair to either of us to maintain this, comfortable
familiarity

but if we do
you won't move on, and i'll be stuck
believing that dreams are a childish fantasy

and doubt there is anything beyond
comfortable
familiarity

01/30/2013

Posted on 01/31/2013
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