Memories

Memories holds my hand
firm and tender
and don't let me fall

they bring along rush of feelings
some ill timed tears
and some unanticipated laughter

in bad times
in good times
a companion through it all

was it like that,
did it feel that way
questions linger, filling my empty heart

Some paths we travel
I vividly remember
some I can't place at all

no matter how much time passes
each moment printed in memory
feelings preserved
people etched

faded faces
half baked names
some I can't forget
some hard to recall

I live by them or live because of them
when I stumble and stumble I will
these memories hold my hand
stand me up, stand me up tall