Because sometimes things don’t work out like they should
and people get hurt and
even when you didn’t mean it,
they walk away and you’re left by yourself
dealing with your demons and wishing they were around to tell you everything was going to be alright.


And sometimes apologies don’t change anything.
You act like things are going to get better between y'all
but the days turn into weeks and then months
and before you know it your birthday passes
without so much as a happy birthday text.


Sometimes they find someone who is more important to them than you were
and it doesn’t matter how many times you swore
you would be friends forever, you aren’t.
Even when you have no where else to turn, they aren’t there.
They say they are, but the advice they give is no longer what you need to hear,
but what they think you want to hear.


Maybe every friendship has an expiration date
or maybe I was just a foolish young girl who didn’t think about her actions
or maybe this is just how it was meant to be,
but that doesn’t make me miss you less,
it doesn’t make not talking to you easier,
time hasn’t helped yet,
I just keep hoping it does.