Bittersweet Flashbacks
I recognized you strutting on the street
seized with fantasies of what could be
and remembrances of what had been
I’d like to rekindle what we once had
you had the same flaming look of passion
hooding your eyes as you winked at me
as I was overcome in a flowing rush
wistful memories of a love gone wrong
heart wishing that our love had been right
bittersweet flashbacks of what once was
flooding over my soul with lust and yearning
tempted to spend the night with you since
mutual desire is awake and craving still there
but too much life has been lived by us both
agonizing loss has entwined us in mesh
metal claws strangling our tortured past
The pain of dying inside is too much to bear
Our love and need can touch no longer
and nobody knows it better than I
Let’s both wave goodbye and walk away.