It may have been Classic, yet not elegant <br />It may have been Love, yet not romantic <br />It may have been hidden, yet not unforeseen <br />Yet none came to you <br /> <br />It was my brother’s irreplaceable companion and his little sister <br />It was my brother’s incredulity and his greatest suspicion <br />It was my brother’s settlement and his authorization <br />Yet none came to you <br /> <br />It wasn’t my dream and it wasn’t my fantasy <br />It wasn’t my concern and it wasn’t my guarantee <br />It wasn’t my content and it wasn’t my sorrow <br /> <br />It may have been my mother’s hope, yet not her premonition <br />And now its my animosity<br /><br />Oni Hayes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-was-how-i-remember-and-that-s-not-how-it-was/
