Memory Lane - by Ayanfe Adeogun

"September 2020"Like...I'd like to sit and say I remember that day like it was yesterdayBut to be honest it all seems foggy, like it was forever agoBut the way I'm writing this, it doesn't seem that long agoThe first time we met, the first time I laid eyes...On you, and I'd like to say that it was love at first sightBut my first impression was "what an annoying little lass" "Someday in the middle of January 2021"I can't believe this, I really can't believe thisThis shouldn't be happening, this really shouldn't be happeningWhy can't I stop thinking about her and her annoying laughIt wasn't even that funny, what she said in the chemistry labSo why on earth couldn't I stop my smile or stop my lifeI know the truth of what I'm feeling but I can't admit thatNot too long ago I was sure I hated herThis isn't a movie or sick storyline where all that turns to likeIt's probably a bit of infatuation or something like that "13th May 2021"It's like... I don't even know how to describe itThat sensation that overwhelms meConsumes me, it's like this little tinglingThis jittery feeling that I feel all around meGoosebumps growing on my skinI feel my cheeks hurt because I can't stop smilingAnd it only happens when I talk to herSo I guess I can call her a sorcererConjuring all these emotions from my heartMaking it so that it only happens with herI can't keep this to myself so I guess I have to tell herAnd then I told herThe next few seconds were the longest of my lifeEasing into the best of my lifeBecause she felt the same thingsI didn't imagine her smilesOr the extra glancesThis must be a dream because it really can't be happening "11th March 2022"The past year has gone by in the blink of an eyeThey say when you enjoy something, time passes so fastI guess that's to be expected because I spent it with herStealing glances, holding hands, exchanging smilesAnd doing so many other things I can't begin to talk aboutBecause I could tell many stories about the times that we hadAnd our inside jokes that only she would understandAnd I wanted it to go on forever but all good things come to an endAbrupt as it may be, it's a part of life to which we have to submitAnd I recall my last few days with her, not knowing what it wasI spent it not appreciating those special moments I subsequently dreamed aboutI imagine so many other things I want to say to herIt's like I'm a third man who has travelled back in timeAnd even though I know I can'tI still try to tell her that we're running out of timeWatching me and her laugh, having beautiful timesAnd I'd steal all the clocks in the world if it could get me that bit of timeWhere it was just you and IAnd we're inside that empty classOur special place we liked to go to whenever it got darkAnd you'd light it up with your smileAnd your eyes and your presence because you were already radiating and full of lifeTold everyone "It's one of the million things I love about her"But it's wistful thinking, I can't live it againAnd that realization hurts me till this dayBecause at the end of the dayThe only time we can be with each other is every time I take this trip down memory laneBecause you're still nine hours away

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