Never Forget

Hi. Long time no see.

Oh, wait. You don’t remember me?

I’m that thing you used to dress up like as a kid. You would run around the house as me. Then proclaim to anyone you could that you were going to grow up just like me. I became your Halloween costume for years. I took over the focus of your art, conversations, and even your daydreams.

Often times when you spoke, I was the only subject to ever leave your mouth. I’ve been changed many times. Some days you weren’t even sure what I was. But you believed in me with all your heart and fought battles in my name. You won and lost so many people over me. I acted as your motivation. Your purpose. I thought you promised? Promised to never be like them. Like this. You really don’t remember me?

I’m your childhood ambition.

Your hopes and dreams. The real ones; not those fed to you by outsiders. How could I have been so easily forgotten? How could you have been so arrogant to forget?