Layers [Poetry]

The One That Got Away

If I wasn't a coward

Maybe you would've stayed 

But I was a coward

And now you're gone

I say your name more often than not

My friends roll their eyes

Because I'm supposed to "get over it"

Some people don't understand 

How girls miss girls too

A lot, too often and it hurts

You were different

You loved the color black

You told me so

Life was carefree for you

You showed me so

I was relaxed with you here too

I did more for you in our time

Than I ever did for my friends

I helped you when you needed

Even though I'm reserved with most

I didn't even hesitate

I was just a friend to you

But it's okay

I realized you liked my shoulder for support

And that was enough for me

I forgot you weren't forever

And three years later

I still have your name 

Warm in my lips wherever I go

Whoever I meet

But your now the past

The one who got away