Sappy Poem 15: From August To December

Together we would laugh, we would cry until we couldn’t. We’d talk until the sun came up, until we saw that single ray. We’d splash around inside the lake, tanning ’til the sky turned grey. Who knew that it would end this way? We surely did’t. The days got bitter, the leaves dried up. I’d hold my hands inside my sweater, you’d simply fade away. Sometimes you’d come back to me. “I missed you,” you’d say. But did you really feel this way? I don’t think you did. Snow began to swirl around, just as you’d come back. “I haven’t seen you in awhile.” That is when I’d wear a smile. You didn’t know it wasn’t real, you weren’t aware I was already broken. Did you know that I detected the lie behind your words? The best part is that you never knew, I sensed it from the start. I couldn’t hold you back much longer, you had to be let go. I thought that we’d be friends forever, but there’s no such thing.