The Protagonist’s View

He told it differently.
His memory
Was not of the life she lived,
The way she felt,
The way things were
To her.
She recalled
Fear,
Sadness,
Longing.
He glossed over that.
Did he feel no regret?
Or did he try to forget?
Was he right
And she wrong,
Singing the words
Of a misremembered song?
Or was it simply that
Over the years,
The same song
Sounds differently
To different ears?