Hello, to the girl I passed in the hall everyday
I can see the droop in your eyes
You’re tired all the time
I see you in library studying away
Your smile is full of two constant lies
“I’m fine.” and “I’ll be okay.”
I walked up to you and asked if I could sit
You nodded almost as if I didn’t exist
I remember the headstone said “You Will Be Missed.”
I looked at your hands
They were rough and coarse
I know I touched them once
I watched you stand
You looked at me and saw the months
I spoke one word soft and hoarse
“Hello.”
You smiled, this time genuine
So I returned yours with mine
“How are you?”
“Oh, I’m fine.”
“You know I like you we should hang out sometime..”
“Sure that’d be nice.”
I nodded and so did you
You walked away
And I stayed
The next morning I heard
A girl had crashed and burned
Head on collision
I had a blur of vision
A tear rolled down my face
Something about the breaks
There’s something odd about sadness
You feel something when someone dies
You think about all the gladness
There could have been
You regret not knowing those people more
You feel remorse for the things you didn’t do of course
But you don’t know why
You didn’t know them, but still you cry
