Nothing will ever be the same.

Parked on the side of the high way

Pain pouring from out in streams

Sorrows drowned in bad decisions

Memories buried beneath months of mistakes

Everything is different now

Isolation, a desperate need to hide

How does anyone ever survive this?

This was meant to be forever

Now, there is only a vague remembering

This is for the best

Healing happens slowly, then all at once

Nothing has ever cut so deep before

Resurfacing from a pit of darkness

The first sunrise after the return is nearly blinding.

This is for the best

Time moves quickly after that

Life changes with the swiftness of a speeding bullet

Suddenly, there are dishes and laundry

School drop offs bedtime stories.

Everything is different now

Even dreams have changed

No longer stuck in the desires of youth.

Where once there were dreams of travel and chaos,

Now there are fantasies of stability and peace.

Nothing will ever be the same.