Keep Moving
(The Sighting & The Flashback) Seven years have passed, I’ve moved, changed my address, Then I saw the ghost of my past life standing by the ingress, At the store, right by the register, no less, Took a minute for the memory to fully coalesce, My first roommate, we knew each other since grade school, But don't get it twisted, we never followed the same rule, We shared a lease, we shared a key, but never trust or heart, We were only associates, that’s where the separation starts, He was a chapter I deliberately closed off and sealed it, Like a broken contract, a feeling I had concealed it ( The Toxicity & The Reason) The reason we parted? He decided to get loud and disrespectful, Crossed a line that made me keeping my distance seem more respectable, See, that’s what he was known for, crossing lines and breaking trust, The kind of man who turned every promise back to dust, He came pre-packaged, a walking liability, nothing but trouble, The only reliable thing was watching the...