It has been many years
since I called this place home
and even though
I have been back,
it seems so different now.
The streets I used to know,
the places I used to go
are all vague somehow.
Some things are familiar,
some have changed,
some are gone,
some are just forgotten.
There are people here
who may know my name,
but they belong
to some other time
that I just cannot remember.
Perhaps you cannot go back -
perhaps the people and places
should forever remain a memory.
But if you do go back,
you must accept that today
it will all be different somehow.
And the memories
will remain forever
in the past.
since I called this place home
and even though
I have been back,
it seems so different now.
The streets I used to know,
the places I used to go
are all vague somehow.
Some things are familiar,
some have changed,
some are gone,
some are just forgotten.
There are people here
who may know my name,
but they belong
to some other time
that I just cannot remember.
Perhaps you cannot go back -
perhaps the people and places
should forever remain a memory.
But if you do go back,
you must accept that today
it will all be different somehow.
And the memories
will remain forever
in the past.
— Dan Hardison
Photo by Dan Hardison
Blue Ridge Parkway, Western North Carolina
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