I remember…

I remember a time, 
When I used to be in love;
A time when saying “I love you” was unconditional,
A time when caring for someone was never too much.

I remember a time, 
When making love always came from the heart;
A time when being in love was so righteous,
A time when being compassionate was the usual. 

I remember a time, 
When loving someone meant giving your heart, body and soul to the one you love;
A time of giving and sharing,
A time of understanding and forgiving.

Today as I look around me,
Taking a glimpse at the world;
I only see a world filled with emptiness,
No time for love or togetherness.

As I look around me, 
All I see is hatred and sorrow,
Pain and tears from broken hearts;
No time for caring and understanding.

So, I ask myself:
“Where did all the love go?”
A love that was once preached righteous.
“Where did all the caring go?”
A care that was once preached unconditional. 

I wonder:
“Why can’t I go back to the time
When love was never taken for granted?”
A time when saying “I love you”
Was more than enough to put a smile on the face of the man at the street corner;
Or on the face of the man under the bridge,
Who has no one to care for him,
No one to understand him,
No one to love him…

The answers to these questions, and to many more, I may never find…
Still, those times so far gone, I remember…
Still, I remember. 

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