Please stop calling
Please stop texting
You're filling up my inbox
I have no interest in responding to your
"Hello"
or
"I miss you"
And what do I say to the
"I love you"?
It's embarrassing, really

One morning I woke
And you weren't there
The front door was locked
And the windows were shut
Astounded, I roamed into the kitchen
Into the bathroom
Into the closet...
Nothing
I walked outside
Your bicycle wasn't there
Where had you gone?
I drove around town
And then out of town
And then out of state...
Nothing
Went back home, in case
You had changed your mind...
You didn't
I grabbed my telescope
And searched the moon
And the stars...
Nothing
You were nowhere to be found
And I think
You wanted it that way...

Remember those nights
When we would eat gummy bears in the dark
And guess their flavors?
Of course, we never knew if we were right or not
But the silly little things like that
Are the things I am most fond of
Or that one time
I slipped on soda in the McDonald's bathroom
And we laughed for what seemed like hours
Or the day we went down to the creek
And the neighbor's dog barked at us the whole time
And of course I wouldn't forget the time we went skateboarding
In our bikinis
Nights gossiping on the phone over a boy who probably will never remember us
Laughing over stupid things that nobody else would find funny
Those were the days
I wish we never had to grow up as quickly as it feels we did