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Casualty Number One

April 18, 2024
By JustAnotherAngstyTeen BRONZE, Sheridan, Wyoming
JustAnotherAngstyTeen BRONZE, Sheridan, Wyoming
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Favorite Quote:
And here you are living
despite it all
-rupi kaur


You know we used to be close 

We talked all the time

Every day and every night

Now we barely take the time to say hi

We used to mean something to each other

Now you leave me on read

And I can’t think of anything worthwhile to send

I never knew that growing up

Would mean outgrowing everything I used to love

I never thought it would mean out growing us

We used to hang out more

You and me and all our friends

But everything good must come to an end

I just wish the end wasn’t now

And the something good wasn’t this

But what’s done is done

And in this invisible drifting

I’ve nicknamed you casualty number one

Cause now even when I do see you

It’s like you're not really there

A shadow of the boy, I used to know

 A boy who wasn’t afraid to care

You pretend to be apathetic

But I watch you pull away

Scared to be  yourself, needlessly afraid 

Keep it inside and stuff it down deep

I wish you knew that your feelings don’t make you weak

There was a time when I would have spoken up

Given you the reassurance that I know you need

But times have changed 

And so have you and me


The author's comments:

I don't wish to be a little kid again, but I wish growing up didn't come with so many dang growing pains, and I wish that you weren't somebody I had to outgrow.


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