I Remember It Differently

I remember The window open Curtains moving Across the floor You remember There were no curtains Say we never Opened that door I remember Your coat on the chair Your glass Beside mine You say You weren't there Not that night Not that time Maybe memory moves When nobody's looking Maybe years Change the shape of a room Or maybe one of us Needs it to I remember it differently Every time The edges move The colors change But the center Stays the same I remember it differently You tell me I'm wrong But something in me Still knows What happened Even when the story doesn't I remember You said my name Quietly Like you were afraid Someone would hear You remember Saying nothing Say the whole room Was empty I remember The clock had stopped You say There wasn't one Funny how the smallest things Are the ones We disagree on Maybe memory bends Maybe truth does too Maybe we both Left something out Maybe that's what people do I remember it differently Every time The edges move The colors change But the center Stays the same I remember it differently You tell me I'm wrong But something in me Still knows What happened Even when the story doesn't So tell me again Slowly Where were you standing? What did I say? Was the light on? Did you leave first? Did I? Why does your version Keep changing In exactly the places Mine stays the same? I remember it differently Maybe I always will The room keeps moving Around the truth But something underneath Stays still I remember it differently And maybe that's enough Some memories fade Some rearrange Some refuse To become What somebody else Needs them to be You say That's not how it happened Maybe not But that's how I remember it