By RainbowChaser
Date: 2002 Nov 11
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Camping is but a memory

Camping is but a memory
of long ago, and a time when we were all different
naive to the world that we would soon grow accustomed to
not aware that these times wouldn't last forever

I would love to go back
to experience it all over again
nostalgia fills my heart and my mind
pictures are all that remains of this time

The reasons we can't go back are common sense
yet are hard pills to swallow
we are all in different life stations now
some of us have other responsibilities

I miss those days when fast friends were best friends
when outcasts finally met their matches
when adventure was easily assessible
and when days seemed to last forever

those days held such promise
we knew that we were going to be friends forever
we knew that life was going to be wonderful
but somewhere along the way, we've forgotten

we've lost touch with some of the souls we knew
we've distanced ourself from others
and time and fate has taken us still from others
while others have faded from our memory like a distant star

who knew times would go so fast
and that we would take this for granted
and long for it to return
but to no avail

some times you can't relive
some places you can never visit again
and some feelings are lost forever
replaced with only fond memories of times past

i would love to relive those times with all of you
but it's impossible
time is like a thief in the night
who saw fit to take this from us

the atmosphere was perfect
the timing was right
the friendship was great
and the knowledge we gained will last a lifetime

karis-you opened up that weekend, but you have moved on
to better things, bigger places
you have new responsibilities
but you are special to me, and hold a place in my heart

i hope that i hold a place in yours
you aren't an easy person to get to know
but you are worth the effort
and i look forward to the time i get to see you again

we will laugh, smile, and be stupid
remembering that warm september
when friendship was far from simple
it was unexplainable, it just was

i've had never had the opportunity to watch a sunset
and i haven't since
the beauty is etched in my memory
it will never fade

kurt-you've gone to the abyss
no one knows where you are
or even who you are anymore
how could you change so quickly

big d-how funny, how goofy you were
so fun, and so unpredictable
your craziness will be remembered
but you, like time, have faded

merrill-the one whom i used to love- or at least thought so
your heart has turned cold, and your smile into a frown
the real you, you covered like a secret
never revealed until the final moment,fated never to return

jessica-how hard you are to figure out
but do you really want people to know you
or are you afraid
you're a great person, don't be afraid to show it

andrea and donald-the two lovebirds
fated never to part
how lucky you are
but like everyone else are gone like a shooting star

jamie-my friend, thank you for inviting me
to share in this memory with you
and to never forget
my first time camping, my only time camping

there is so much that i would like to say
to reveal every memory
but you all know how it went
and to each one of us, we have a different interpretation

so to answer your question, camping is but a memory
we can go again some other time, but it won't be the same
it will be new memories, new people, new beginnings
but I will never forget camping nor will I forget you