I watch the time pass by from my bedside

Kept from sleep as the minutes tick by

‘Cause a year ago I’d be calling you

Celebrating the thought of you in my life

I can’t pinpoint the moment you left me

No big fight or stinging last words

All I know are my calls are unanswered

Text messages opened to no response

I see pictures you post with your new friends

Oh how I’m glad for the ones by your side

I pass your mother sometimes in the grocery

And wish I could tell her “I’ll be over tonight”

Perhaps I’ll admit your silence hurts me

But the pain I see in you hurts much more

So of course I’ll send a ‘happy birthday’

And play the bigger person as before

Because I need you to know I’m still with you

I need you to know I still care

Sure, it may take some time to forgive you

But say the words Elle, & I’ll be there