Remembering the Past

Background info: This was written for my friends from elementary school, whom I also had gone to high school with. I had moved away for junior high, but then moved back.

Seven years ago, or more, you knew me
We were friends, talking together in class or playing on the playground during recess
When life was innocent and we were naive
But then I seemed to disappear from the earth for three years
And if you remembered me then I wouldn't know
During those three years you've made new friends

But then I came back, returned from nowhere back into existence
And you do still remember me
Though we are not the same as we were before
But can you still remember those foolish yet memorable days?

Sometimes you just turn around and those you know
You must learn to know again
For they are not as you remember them.