Past Tense

we once owned the way that we thought.i hate the fact that it all had to end.the best times of my life that i can recall, are the times when you were my best friend.can't even label how the whole thing began to break.
or how it escalated beyond control.i just wish there was a way to get it through to you.we were invincible and immune to pain.the predicaments we find ourselves in now, were nothing then because we had no shame.and when i think about what stands between us today.
i can't seem to understand why both of us remain so stubbornand proud.i think we each need to act like a man.now i think about what comes next.and i sincerely hope that we don't lose track of what used to make our lives so enjoyable.i hope that we can get that back.i'm through living in the past tense.