Didn't We

Nick Torres

Remember the cul-de-sac nights
cold beer, a cigarette to share
the creak of our old porch swing
smoke curled like chinese dragons in the air

Chorus
The porch light flickers,
But it’s not lit for me anymore.
I know there’s nothing waiting,
for me… behind that door,
…Like you,
like what we were,
We had something once,
didn’t we?

I thought we’d outlast cracks in the sidewalk,
I got that one wrong too,
I know.
made our plans on sticky notes and calendars,
but when it’s your time to go,
… you go

Bridge
all my photographs, the colors fade,
like memories of all things past.
I know your faces, your names I can’t place
like words of the songs I can’t grasp
memories are ghosts for those who survive.
watching the peeling paint and the rust,
Swallow,
the corners,
of my life

Chorus
The porch light flickers,
But it’s not lit for me anymore.
I know there’s nothing waiting,
for me… behind that door,
…Like you.
like what we were,
We had something once,
didn’t we?