The one thing that I’ve learned
over the past year:
it goes on without you.
I go on without you.
I’ve found other friends —
better friends —
who care about me and
are there for me all the time.
I’ve written tons of songs
and poems about you,
and I actually like how they sound,
at least enough to publish most of them.
I still miss you,
and I think I always will —
but not the you that you were,
but who I thought you were.
Thank you for teaching me
that life does go on
after heartbreak and losses —
and so will I.
