Tom Dylan

Taking It Back

I’m taking back my books

and the bands we shared,

taking back the music,

the memories of the gigs.

The meals we enjoyed in restaurants

become a table for one in my mind.

I am taking it all back.

I am standing on the beach

we once walked along together,

and drawing a line in the sand,

and staking a claim

on the past

my present,

my future

and myself.