Kids Wasting Time.

It seems like just last night we walked around these streets like we owned them,
these cornfields, these abandoned parking lots, and these pathways through the woods.
I don’t know where the time has gone but I know that I have missed it,
as I’m sitting here alone remembering how much more lively life used to be.
We were a couple of rebel teens who were out of things to do,
we had no money in our pockets, and no better place to go.
Now we’re all grown up and we have gone our separate ways,
but I think I’d give anything to have that moment back.
You’re house is only a block away but it seems like forever,
because you’re voice no longer lingers in the air surrounding me.
I don’t know if I love you anymore, or if I even loved you then,
I can’t remember the last time you called, or the last time I saw your face.
All I know is that time was wasted and I wish I could take it back,
but it’s been too long, and it’s too late to act like we’re still those kids .

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