Finally Home

So many secret journeys,

Yet it all ended too soon.

You went off to college, and

I'm left to fend off our family

By myself.

How can I deal with 

This lonely high school life?

I'm only a teenager,

But it feels like I'm 30,

I've matured so much, so fast.

Every birthday passes with a sigh.

Now all I can do is

Look forward to your next return home.

We have our up and our downs.

I may tease you with names,

And you may steal my clothes.

But just know I am the way I am

Because I love you so.