that was the year that she began first grade
and her best friend became homeschooled.
gone were the days
of playing superheroes
and pretending to be animals
and the days of innocence.
that was the year that she met
her new friends, and she all but forgot the
girl who left.
but it was a reminder that
n o t h i n g
lasts
f o r e v e r
YOU ARE READING
about her.
Poetryand so I will take you through the years of her existence as she contemplates how long it was supposed to be.
