Change

Moving out and moving up
To the second floor
From one shoebox to two
More space less heart.
Hopeful it will work out
Doubts pick away incessantly
Don't forget us when you are gone
You laugh when people say that
"Like I could forget"
But distance doesn't always make the heart grow fonder
Just more remote
Less opportunity to make you smile or laugh
Or to remember why we ever loved at all
Or that we loved.
Each photograph or souvenir is filled with memories
Yet memories fade as new ones are made
And time stops for no love
No matter how great it once was.
You can tell me it will be better this way
I will believe you for now
It's the only way to feign the smile
You want to see on my face.
But once it is all done
We will see one for one
How this decision will play out our fate.