To The VHS: A Love Letter

They say you have become obsolete,
that we have long traded you in for a more rounded companion.
One that does not require us to “be kind”,
and listen to their whirling past.
They do not know of the toilsome months I would wait for your arrival.
Your solid black encasing may not have soothed me physically,
but your deep eyes allowed me to witness your cinematic beauty.
No story was left untold, no walk left unremembered.
They do not remember how I showed you my gratitude,
by making room to fill you with the final episode of Friends.
True, they have long forgotten about you
but you will always be remained stored in my memories.