Inspired By The Other Night
We may have broken up a long time ago, or maybe it was recently, but I never stopped caring. Not one second did I stop caring. I may not have wanted to continue to be in a relationship, or wait, it was you, okay, yeah, it was you who didn’t want to continue our relationship, but it doesn’t matter. I never stopped caring.
You were my middle school crush and I haven’t seen you since our 8th grade promotion. You were the girl whose house I was just at last week, but this week, I came and went for the last time. You were the girl with the forgotten name, but the memorable body and moan tandem. It doesn’t matter how brief or long the encounter, for some moments you were my favorite person in the world and I never stopped caring about all of yous.
One day I wake up to realize we haven’t talked in a long, long while. I wonder if you know I am still here, still care. I can’t even recall the last time I thought about you, the last time I checked on you, but this morning it doesn’t matter, I wonder what’s up with you. Let me do that right now. Grab my phone, scroll through my phone book. Wait, you’re not in there anymore.
Now I can’t call just to tell you I still care, and maybe that’s for the best because others have filled the position. They don’t need any help in the caring-about-you department. But it’s like working from home, I don’t need to go to where you are to do my job. I still care anyway, no matter where you are, no matter where I am.
Something happened to you the other night, and I was nowhere around because just a few nights ago I said we needed space. Anyway, that something was bad and unexpected, it came out of nowhere, and thank goodness you called me regardless of our status. You knew I would care and I hope you know I will never stop.
