_The Ark_

You used to wanna be a fashion designer,

Now you walk in trios like mean girls remade

With besties who talk shit behind your back,

As you complain to me about how they behave.

You used to lie with me atop

a floor of pillows,

We’d sleep for hours into the afternoon.

Now you wear makeup,

Highlights in straightened hair

and no longer visit my room.

And we don’t talk but

I want you to know that

you are missed.

But we’re different now,

too late I’ll discover,

you want to be a scientist.

_The Guide_

You used to talk back and forth with me,

Trading insults with laughs,

Now our texts have no bubbles

As our tense is now in the past.

_The Light_

You used to dance with me

under shower heads,

In our swimsuits in the summer.

Now you walk by me without recognition,

I don’t even have your number.

_The Vine and the Stone_

You used to do flips on the trampoline,

To show me how it was done.

Seesawing up and down

seeing how high we could go.

But now our feet are planted apart,

Far from where we came from.

How are you these days?

I wish I could know.

_The City, the Grace and the Rose_

You used to love Billie,

Madison,

Jason,

Christina,

Taylor,

And Me.

But like everyone else,

You’ve moved on,

From the past—

From whatever we had.

I guess

Some things

Always change,

But I miss the company.