She always smiled as she left She said it was because she was looking for next time, and there always was a next time, Until we graduated high school and she said she was moving to Texas As far away as possible, she said I loved her sleek ponytail and her blue eyes I remember her as an apparition, walking out my front door Smiling gracefully, over and over She didn't smile when she left for Texas I think she made a mistake I don't understand how a girl from the coast of Maine can live like that The heat and the desert All she's ever known is snow I remember one time her parents let me sleep over with her because of a storm Her pajamas were soft and we came down with the same cold two days later, but nobody asked questions I was convinced that we were going to be together She wanted to be in the Navy I joined up yesterday She said she just wanted something exciting But she was the most exciting thing I'd ever seen, all packaged into a human being She didn't have to go Any school would've taken her and we could have had a life right here I miss her She sends me pictures of her and her tan friends in stupid hats and I hate her so much now and I save every single one
Looking at colleges really far from home means I may be giving up a lot. I don't know yet. Please comment :)