“School Friends in Summer”
A stuffy chest and
A heartache mirroring lost
Times in life
I turn radio
Songs on loud to drown any
Thoughts from me
That last hug wasn’t
Enough, I think. Those friends have
More to hold
It isn’t fair now
It won’t be fair later when
I’m stuck at
Home wishing I could
Hear your laughter and gossip
Like a child
At home I am here
Reminded of life’s pains and
Rough highways
I didn’t have to
Drive at school. But somehow you
Still took me
Someplace. Someplace new,
Someplace great where I can
See landscapes
Blue, mountainous, green.
The indent left in my skin
Is deeper
Than it was when you
Hugged me other times. Now I’m
Branded lost
Without your laughter,
Smiles, silliness, drunkenness.
I’ll miss you.
