Lizbeth

15

You left the beginning of summer
Right when things were starting to be okay
And I
I wish I could say you left like the tide
That you left as quick as you came
But you were a tooth
You were with me for so long
Helping me chew through the bad times
And digest what hurt me most

When you left,
I bled
When I speak,
You can see there's something missing
And I don't smile much anymore
My confidence
My laugh
My smile
Isn't the same since you left

Maybe everything I took in
Was too much for you to swallow
And that's why you decided to break away

Maybe it was because I was forced to get braces
And you got tired of being covered up
I wish I could make my parents see
That by making me the way they wanted me to be
By trying to give me the perfect smile,
I decided I never wanted to show my teeth

You weren't a baby tooth
You weren't supposed to leave.
Summers gone,
Just like you.