Past Tense

We used to be friends.

We used to be friends

Before the I saids,

The he saids

That she said that they said.

We used to be friends…


We used to be friends

Back when the days were made for fun

And nights meant long phone conversations

Tapering off into snores from one or both ends of the line…


We used to be friends

In the days when confessions

Came without fear,

Back when take backs

Were enough,

And an "I’m sorry"

Was the ultimate cure-all.


Yeah we used to be friends,

When time

And the maturity that came with an “IM”

Still made the impossible plausible,

The improbable tangible

And the unobtainable haveable.


Oh yes, we used to be friends.

Then we were enemies

And now we just are…

But separately.


We used to be…