Rewind

A sun sets

Bringing another day to an end

I lay my head

Down on the same bed

That I used to when

The walls were red

Sometimes when I unwind

My mind likes to rewind

Like a VCR tape

Starting in ‘99

Each memory

A flash

That I can only see

For a couple moments

Until it flees

Back into the memory bank

Waiting to be called on

Like the kid who knows the answer

But instead, the pick is me

Subtle little sounds

Or feelings on your skin

Can take you right back

To a moment you were in

Like watching Mrs. Doubtfire

On a Christmas night

Could only eat a bun

Puked like 7 times

Don’t know if the shrimp

Was the reason why

But I’ll blame it on it anyway

And it still doesn’t taste right

Like that night

We started to watch

A show, four kids on their bikes

And the first note of that theme song

Can take me back in time

What I looked forward to each day

Was getting to watch it play

Every day over Christmas break

Had no idea, a memory was made

When I used to come home

Before midnight

Not from being out

But after the last out

Was made, on a field that I played

On a different level

Because every night I’d lay

Writing down my thoughts
In a moleskine I had bought

Thinking I was a writer

Turns out I wasn’t wrong

Sitting in silence

For 3 hours in a car

Alone

And that seemed far

Going home for Christmas

Was easy

Because I didn’t have a job

That robbed me of time

To be in a place

Where everything was alright

Now as it approaches

I stay up at night

Because I’m nervous that a flight

Will make things tight

Because I had to go

To make a change in my life

Everything’s alright

I still remember each night

When I could look back and see

People waving at me

Goodbye

To that chapter of my life

I’m lucky

I can see those pictures in my mind

All I have to do is hit play

Right after I rewind.