Names

Each name reminds me of a smile,

a part of me I left behind,

the times I said goodbye,

the way love always dies,

but then again, I loved so many times.

Each name reminds me of a song,

the nights that fell apart till dawn,

when I had more to give than just a life to live,

but then again, I've had my share and even more.

The sound of every first hello,

the words I didn't know,

I learned with time the rhymes to every line.

And when I think of all the names,

the tender games I played,

I wonder if they still remember mine.

Each name reminds me of the past,

the memories that didn't last,

the one that counted more than all I had before,

that went away one day to let me love again.