Jane

Jane

I’m remembering that day

From the place I’ll always want to stay

When you tossed over a thinning bundle

Of green yarn with the softest handle

Your smile met my unsure eyes

Silencing any goodbye

That would inevitably have to come only a few days later

When the summer would be a traitor

To the fall and then the winter

Leaving us behind to blunder

But not alone

Because now I see there won’t be any unknown

For whenever I get weak,

I can just imagine you speak

The words you said to me; the compliments you paid

That day with other details fading

Left now is the smile you showed

Giving me a code

To press into the keypad on my heart

With the picture of you always saved as a work of art

For your beauty doesn’t falter

And your love never alters

I’m remembering that day

From the place I’ll always want to stay

Tears dripping elegantly down your small face

You embraced

Me so tightly

The whisper only slightly

In my ear of how

Just now

You listened to my ‘xtreme’

(We’ll always cherish that theme)

And you were proud, in awe even

But you didn’t hear my thoughts of how you had given me something to believe in

From that confidence

And patience

Left now is the smile you showed

Giving me a code

To press into the keypad on my heart

With the picture of you always saved as a work of art

For your beauty doesn’t falter

And your love never alters

I’m remembering that day

From the place I’ll always want to stay

The late night talks you and I had made

Promises wrapped tightly around crayons, bathroom stalls and parades

Down uneven asphalt roads

Supposedly empty; until found by loads

With dancing flashlights, a flickering moonlight

There was no invite

But then again, none of them were uptight

The footsteps we took after the unexpected encounter

Had a fainter fluster

Though our giggles couldn’t be suppressed

Echoes from the two of us awfully impressive

Left now is the smile you showed

Giving me a code

To press into the keypad on my heart

With the picture of you always saved as a work of art

For your beauty doesn’t falter

And your love never alters

I’m remembering that day

From the place I’ll always want to stay

The latest hug

So snug that it could have been a wonder drug

Your sniffles into my sleeve

Breaking my heart for I knew we’d have to leave

Though I had tried to be naïve

And weaving my fingers into yours one last time,

I tried to hold off in the meantime

My own tears followed by my own reluctance

From the upcoming absence and silence

Without you

The only saving grace being my feet housed by “J.C” socks stuffed into painted red shoes

I snagged from your shelf to my bag two years ago

To ensure a glow

When I was ready to toss in the towel

But found myself on a dial

To hear your sweet voice more

This year as sophomores

And then the infinite next

When we’re both vexed

But now, you won’t have to worry anymore or shed a single other tear

I’ll be here to lend an ear
My dear

Because you can always go back to this praise

I’ll be remembering these days

Left now is the smile you showed

Giving me a code

To press into the keypad on my heart

With the picture of you always saved as a work of art

For your beauty doesn’t falter

And your love never alters