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
Ending in 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.

That’s right, we used to be friends.
Then we were enemies
And now we just are…
But separately.

We used to be…