This Card

Just a card, they all say
Just some words to read
It's a land a mile away
where memories will live

The sound of giggles from a distance
Whispers of forever
Unknowing of the future staring
right into our eyes

This is how the past lives
hanging by a thread
lingering on the ink lines
it burrows in your head

It speaks and laughs along
like an infant by your side
It whispers the words never said
the hugs never felt

It was a lifetime ago
words said, not heard
promises heard, not kept