I was 12 years old
and as I walked away
I knew things had changed.

Irreversible words
nothing left unsaid.
The sound of a breaking heart.

"Say goodnight but not
goodbye. Because you'll never
leave my heart behind."

With one small word he
changed the past and future.
The word I did not hear.

He was my best friend.
I thought he wanted more.
All I got was pain.

By hurting me so, he changed
my whole world without trying.
And then he was gone.

He lives forever in my mind.
Bittersweet memories turned to good
all smiles and no tears.

Tears come and still do
Tears for wanting the past
and for wanting a future.