When something means so much to you,
and you're so afraid you'll lose it.
When you can feel it slipping away,
but there's nothing you can do to stop it.
When a gap forces itself into the friendship you hold dear,
When you can feel them forgetting,
When they don't say the things you want to hear.
When you want things to last just a little bit longer,
When all you hope is for things to get just a little bit better.
When you look at their faces wishing they would remember yours forever.
When you learn never to take anything for granted,
When you realize that one day, all you'll have left are memories created.
When there are so many things left unsaid,
When the day ends but those things remain only in your head.
When the songs you sang are the things you swore,
When you wish you had just one day more.
And since some things are inevitable,
What I am feeling now is ineffable.
I brace myself for your absence,
And the rest is silence.