where are you?
to my forever day one
from kindergarten to eighth,
you’ve always made my day.
every laugh, every smile,
i wish we could re-create.
my math class is here, and i search around the place.
except this time, you’re no longer there, vanished without a trace.
i register the strangers, my hope losing to despair
and suddenly, i’m the lost child at whom everyone stares.
I dip my head down, dreading everyday to come.
nothing is the same, all of it a delirium.
i walk down the halls.
i peer around the quad.
but something is missing, a piece gone rogue,
a conversation i just can’t quite quote.
we made faces across the room,
lip-reading without a single clue.
i miss you, i miss you, i miss you
i miss our unicorn headbands, the card games we shared,
our silly little greeting, all the times we were paired.
i ache for the video games, competitions for a faster homework rate,
your little bear pencil case, where I stole from every single day.
to stand together in line, to argue who’s walking straight,
each and every memory something i could never betray.
you take my hand forward, flowers in full bloom.
the stars are so bright, the grass still of dew.
we chase down the field forever, straight to the moon.
and then i fall forward as you disappear in a single poof.
i freeze there on the ground, my ears drumming to yearn,
waiting and waiting, upon your return.
my cheeks have gone cold.
my world is now dull.
our paths have split, nothing left to prove
my dear friend, where are you?
