I wish I was there when you met your best friend Jake.
I wish I was there when he took you out to cat call women for the first time.
I wish I was there when Jake taught you how to 'be a man' and how to look like one too.
I wish I was there when Jake decided how many shots you could handle.
I wish I was there when you spent all your college money on liquor and strippers.
I wish I was there when you got the lap dance of your life.
I wish I was there when the bouncer had to remind you of the no hands rule.
I wish I was there like the other girls were, shaking their bodies all over you.
I wish I was there when Jake taught you how to treat women like objects instead of people.
I wish I was there when Jake introduced you to weed, now your second best friend.
Because I was there, at graduation, accepting a piece of paper I worked years for, and you weren't.
I wish I was there when your parents kicked you out of the house for bringing disgrace to their name.
I wish I was there when you just crashed at Jake's house and only left for drug deals and drinking.
I wish I was there when you drove to California without so much as a word to me.
I wish I was there when we broke up, 'cause you sure weren't.
I wish I was there so that everyday didn't feel like getting left behind.
Because maybe, if I had just been there, you wouldn't have turned into someone I've never seen and someone I never want to see again.
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