Saving Secrets

Secrets we never told anyone,
Still linger on my tongue.
There have been so many memories made,
All absent of you,
Like a thunderstorm missing the brilliant flash of lightening.
Do you remember the cold nights in February,
Where we would wrap ourselves in stories to keep warm?
We mixed comedies and tragedies,
Laughter and tears,
A terrible mistake in the making.
But we were naïve,
We refused to learn the lessons that had the power to save everything.
We could have made those nights last forever,
Instead we let go.
We awaited the slap of regret,
The mark left a sign to show everyone we were reckless.
Now we both sit alone,
Shivering in the dark,
Staring eye-to-eye with the past.
Our tear stained cheeks,
Our mouths that only seem to let through painful screams,
Are all we have left to prove it was real.