Au Revoir
To the girl I used to know:
I miss the way
your eyes sparkled
in the sun.
The way you
could make everyone smile
just by being there.
Or the way you
laughed and everything felt right.
I miss your eternal optimism.
Your curious excitement.
And your infectious laugh.
I miss your perfect
imperfectness.
The way your gaze
always seemed to soften
at night.
I miss the way
you always saw the best
in everything.
Your love of fairy tales.
Your sad laughter.
Your air of positivity and joy
radiating
through rooms.
You.
I miss everything about you.
I wish I could go back
and pretend it never happened.
That life was good.
That he never left.
That I could wake up
and just love everything.
Why did you get to keep
the genuine smile
and the bubbly personality?
Why did I get left
with your dark eyes
and shattered heart?
You used to be so fun.
You loved school.
You had friends.
You were hopeful.
You were happy.
You had dreams
of growing old.
What happened to you?
You used to have hope
for the future.
You used to wake up
and love life.
You used to laugh
at everything
and anything.
You used to pretend
the stars were words
whispered into the night.
I used to love being me.
I used to be you.
And you were everything
I had ever hoped to be.
But that all changed.
And now I’m broken.
And cold.
And empty.
Begging to go back
to simpler days.
And wishing I had held onto you
with everything I had.
So now
I’m left to wonder
why.
Why did I
let you go?
Why did I
ever say
goodbye?
Copyright © Kacie Ray | Year Posted 2017
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