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Used To Be

from Forgotten Friend by John H Maloney

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It may have been half a lifetime
But it feels it was just yesterday
And I don't quite know what to say
Without a single warning
A memory grips me and I’m gone
With nothing left to dwell upon

Except some half-forgotten fragment of my past
That I just keep falling back into as if the moment never passed

Lost in a vision how it used to be
Or how I choose to see
The way it may have been
A quiet admission that I don't want to see
The cold reality of the state I'm in

Somewhere safely distant
From the pressing here and now
Everything melt away, somehow
I no longer have to worry
How I'm going to make it through
Or if there's nothing I can do

I disappear into a haze of memories
that keeps me safe from having to see either the forest of the trees

So maybe I should try to stay focused on the present day
Instead of letting it all just slip my mind
And if I could find a way to keep these memories at bay
Then I wouldn't always fall so far behind

I think it could get better
If I'd only change my ways
Pull myself out of this haze
And I know it won't be easy
Facing what's in front of me
But it's what I need to see

And now and then I'll let myself slip off track
To turn away from what's oncoming and take some time for looking back

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from Forgotten Friend, released August 1, 2022

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John H Maloney singer. songwriter, ukulele player and poet based in New Jersey, USA

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