Remember That?

What happened to us What happened since We met on that bus On the way to New York To spend the summer With people just like us Remember that? We were kids back then We still are, I guess But we became friends It was that easy It was that fast Singing till our voices Cracked On that six hour drive to camp When it was barely summer. Remember that? The first time I Came to your house We sat down And proudly, you showed me Your absolute mastery Of piano Your hands-- small, like a child's Flew wildly over the keys And a hurricane of sound Poured out And everything was still And everything was you And me And the music And I willed it to last I asked God for forever Just this once Remember that? One year Two years We would have Could have Should have Made it to three Remember that? All the late night conversations All the secrets The teenage fixations On this boy or that dress Or how life is just a huge mess right now So can you come over And we'll figure it out Whatever it takes And face the storm together Remember that? We laughed and We cried And we fought And we lied But the ties never Severed Not ever Until... Remember that? It started with a text Or three Or five Or ten I didn't know it then But you were trying With your silence To let the friendship die In peace and quiet But two months of One word responses Or nothing at all Never in my mind Did I imagine You were making An exit Remember that? Confrontation That was the weapon That was the sword That was the brute force Necessary To bang down the door To break the ice But Suddenly I was cold and scared When nothing happened But nothing Said everything Remember that? And you said That you needed distance Needed time Needed space And put a universe of hurt Between us Remember that? And then I heard it from a friend (A real one) That it was something I'd done Something small But small things add up And cowardice Leads to silence Leads to fake smiles While the inner violence And angry voices inside Demand a stop Demand salvation All this... But you told me nothing And I thought Everything was fine But... It wasn't Remember that? Well I'm happy for you Happy that you decided Happy that you thought About it Happy that you made up Your mind But where was I Did you ever even Try To tell me That you and me That us Was on the line Remember that? I get it, I crossed lines (apparrently) Committed crimes (apparently) But why Tell me, why Did you never read The list of charges If your heart was In the right place Then why did you give us The death sentence In pure and utter silence Remember that? Okay Okay You know what? Fine I went overseas I went to another country Another continent And you haven't seen Or heard from me In months And I thought Maybe Just maybe it's been long enough Remember that? So five minutes ago I picked up the phone And dialed your number I still know it By heart Despite the scars You left there Remember that? Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep "Hello, you've reached the Voicemail bo-- *click*