A scent long forgotten

A scent long forgotten

Wafted into my room today

And all the memories

came rushing back

Of such scents forgotten

Dreams misbegotten

And pleasures tasted

Of bliss, of joy

Of the moments wasted

A scent long forgotten

Made me look back at life

With some melancholy

And some sadness

And I could not recall

What made us fall

Out

And at that moment I missed you

And longed to kiss you

And speak my heart to you

Of all that has changed

And all that has remained the same

I am still the same

And so too are you I suppose

And that realization comes like a slap in the face

Sobering

For I still do not want to walk that path again

For us to go down the same

Insane

I guess we are not

We were not meant to be

So I take a sniff

And I hold back a sigh

And I walk on

Leave your scent behind.