12.03.2003
I Remember...
I remember thinking we were worlds apart | Until I heard your words and they spoke my heart | I remember thinking I was too far gone| And you reminded me that there is no such thing... ~ Dianne Reeves, I Remember
For some reason this week I have been in a very introspective, retrospective mood, reliving all the moments of my past. Both the good, and the bad, often all at once. Maybe it’s the holidays that’s dredging up these old memories, or maybe, it’s just time to recap.
I ran across an old picture this morning. The picture was taken about six years ago with two of my closest friends at the time. For a while I got lost in the picture remembering all the shit we did, promised to do, and as of date, haven’t done. Damn’ we use to hang…tight. We spoke almost everyday, sometimes several times a day. Our conversations always left me hungering for more. Thinking about those times made me wanna go back and re-live those life-developing moments if only to recapture that piece of me that used to believe all things last forever.
Remember those days?
The times when you thought you and the one you loved would be together always, no matter what, come what may? Maybe for you it wasn’t a friend…maybe it was your moms, or your pops, or maybe your first love. But there was no doubt in your heart and mind, that you’d make it; you’d survive…
But we’re grown now. Shit’s changed. Now we know that people come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. We understand that once winter rears its cold winds, fall has no other choice but to surrender. We understand that though we may want to hold onto the past, and the warmth, or chills it may bring, we must let it go, and move on.
But, we can remember…and smile because, though those may have been some really good times in our lives, the best is yet to come.
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Christopher David will be signing copies of his debut novel, I'm On My Way this week 12.4.2003 @ 275 Grand, Bar and Cafe 7pm (275 Grand Avenue | Between Lafayette and Clifton Place | Brooklyn, New York) and 12.5.2003 @ Browstone Books 7pm (409 Lewis Avenue | Between Decatur and Macon Street | Brooklyn, New York)
For some reason this week I have been in a very introspective, retrospective mood, reliving all the moments of my past. Both the good, and the bad, often all at once. Maybe it’s the holidays that’s dredging up these old memories, or maybe, it’s just time to recap.I ran across an old picture this morning. The picture was taken about six years ago with two of my closest friends at the time. For a while I got lost in the picture remembering all the shit we did, promised to do, and as of date, haven’t done. Damn’ we use to hang…tight. We spoke almost everyday, sometimes several times a day. Our conversations always left me hungering for more. Thinking about those times made me wanna go back and re-live those life-developing moments if only to recapture that piece of me that used to believe all things last forever.
Remember those days?
The times when you thought you and the one you loved would be together always, no matter what, come what may? Maybe for you it wasn’t a friend…maybe it was your moms, or your pops, or maybe your first love. But there was no doubt in your heart and mind, that you’d make it; you’d survive…
But we’re grown now. Shit’s changed. Now we know that people come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. We understand that once winter rears its cold winds, fall has no other choice but to surrender. We understand that though we may want to hold onto the past, and the warmth, or chills it may bring, we must let it go, and move on.
But, we can remember…and smile because, though those may have been some really good times in our lives, the best is yet to come.
_______________________________
Christopher David will be signing copies of his debut novel, I'm On My Way this week 12.4.2003 @ 275 Grand, Bar and Cafe 7pm (275 Grand Avenue | Between Lafayette and Clifton Place | Brooklyn, New York) and 12.5.2003 @ Browstone Books 7pm (409 Lewis Avenue | Between Decatur and Macon Street | Brooklyn, New York)
