it's been awhile since i've given you any actual thought
besides a reference here or there
a passing mention, in the retelling
you're another memory, now
along with all the others
just a page in the book
that i pick up and read sporadically
so i don't forget
a scar that's healed cleanly
and faded away, for the most part
that i idly scratch every so often
remembering the good and the bad
and yet, it's your time of the year
and i remembered, so i wished you well
because i actually do