There are certain things to shy away from

Once things are said and done

Any shows we’ve watched together

Any places that we’ve gone

The people that I met through you

Erased in every way

The memories that haunt me

All the reminders kept at bay.

But every just so often

I’ll try to push myself through

Driving past where we lived together

The life we tried to build

And every just so often

A show will be on screen

And this bittersweet nostalgia

Rips through me like a distant pain

The good times we had together

The things we loved to share

Now so far in the distance

Our bond broken beyond repair.

A wave of grief

The prickling eyes

Caused by heartwarming comfort

And simultaneous pain

But every just so often

I try to push myself through

To revisit this nostalgia

These memories of you

And every just so often

I make a little step

So every time I revisit them

I think a little less of you.

And every just so often

I can enjoy it for myself

Remember what was mine in them

Reclaim the places that I held.