Where are you?
Here!
Where I've always been
Staining these sheets with every stroke of your pen
Sleeping inside your cotton pillow case
Beating inside the bones that make up your ribcage
Eating your intestines with a sprinkle of salt
Hold your bags in school as you walked the halls
I was following your shadow all this time
had to be enough, 'cause you could never be mine
Had to swallow your words so I could speak
Waited until you slept so I could sleep
Bought french fries and ate them too
But pretended I was you
Kicked it to girls I thought resembled
But they only looked like you once reassembled
I was present at your graduation and your prom
Took pictures with your late grandfather and your mom
Filled up my memory card with moments we never had
Have the folded notes we never passed in math class
So you see, I was there from then to now
From the brightest moments to the deepest frowns
Never needed to look much further than here
The one that loved you had always been near