Au Revoir

I saw her standing by the door after school waiting for her ride I waved and said “Au revoir” as I passed by It was all I had time for on my way to French Club I was always in a rush then considering my future what more I could do to stand out on college and scholarship applications hoping to escape the poverty that had plagued my family for generations I’d be the first to go I couldn’t know the next time I’d see her would be in a casket my childhood crashing to an end at the age of fourteen exactly a week before my fifteenth birthday like the car that killed her driven by a drunk sentenced to a mere seven years only serving two for taking the one true friend I’d ever had away from me forever Au revoir means until I see you again