Remember, think, of previous years.

Nostalgia

Careless imaginings,

Games from your childhood

When your brother overdosed and died

One sudden moment

And it all returns without fully ever returning.

That spot on the couch we would fight over,

Her grandmother passed away-- to a better place I'm told.

I remember the previous years

Snow getting in boots, warm days, lemonade.

Why is everything good gone?

At the same time the bad is gone too

Missing

A last hug to be given, a final smile

But it left its mark.

It did.

It imprinted on the world.

Lingering 

My grandfather's prickly beard brushing my cheek

A goodbye embrace.

The soft blanket you carried around with you--everywhere.

Left forever

But everywhere

Sudden, but lasting.

To think

All in our past was once in our future.

Is our future dead? 

Beat or gone.

I say, our future may live on.

It lingers.

One moment is gone.