The Last Day Poem by Ashlynn Hawkins

Maybe we weren’t meant to be
We have always been friends, you and me
You see,
I’ve been quiet about it,
Not showing a sign.
But yet I have the nerve to silently call you mine.

You hold my hand,
Hug me tight
You tell me everything will be alright.
But to you it’s different,
Not quite right.

Then one day,
The last day of school,
You were dared.
A dare I requested, though you didn’t know it.
To kiss me just once on the cheek.

You muttered and grumbled,
Stared at the ground.
Just as my heart began to pound.
You pecked my cheek as it turned bright red
And then you shook your head.

But as you walked away, I saw it.
You spat on the ground as if to kill my heart.
An arrow pierced through me,
Like a rusted blade
When will I see you again?
Because my love has already started to fade.

Three months to think.
Three months to breathe.
But three months isn’t long enough
To cover up what happened under that tree.

But I’ll see you, no matter how hard I try to avoid you
But I’ll duck my head,
And pretend I didn’t see you.
You’ll ask what’s wrong with me
And I’ll just laugh.
I’ll tell you what I had felt.
And what it felt like for you to burn me down.
You’ll stare
I’ll shrug like I don’t care.

And then?
I’ll let you watch me walk away from you.
From us.
From me.