It's not really a poem, but...

She closes the mailbox with a sigh. Nothing yet. She looks up at the blue, blue sky and a hint of a smile plays on her lips. They met on a day like this, a blue-sky, green-grass, brown-cow kind of a day.

They both said too much and both said too little. They bonded over the top of brown seats, bonded through magazines and cell phone lights.

She misses her. Her and all the others who are gone. All the other blue-green-brown friends.

A newsflash of a thought whizzes through her head. What if they've forgotten? She writes letters but gets no answers. Weeks have passed, and no answers. Have they grown up too much to answer this young friend from back home? She bites her lip and says over and over to herself that they haven't forgotten, they're just busy, that's all.

Just too busy.

After all this ruminating, tears come to her eyes. They have forgotten. They have left her behind, and all her cries of "wait for me" are in vain.

Silently, she makes a promise to the blue sky and the green grass and the brown cow.

I will never forget.

-This was written for all those I've fallen out of touch with. Be it those that have moved away, gone to college, or even people here in Tooele that I've lost, I miss most of them. I believe that your soul or your heart or whatever it is that loves others makes a space for each new friend you make. And when you lose that friend, that space is still there, a hole in your being. People make more impressions on you than you could ever imagine.-

<3 - brittany

I AM alive...

I know, I know. I haven't written anything for a long time. It scares me kinda, but I know that I'll get it back. Or, at least, I hope so.

I'm trying to stay focused on school and Majestix and Carousel, so it's hard to find time to write, especially when I'm never home. Bleh.

So, I will try to write something, I promise. I'm still alive and kickin', just not sad enough to write a poem. I'm just really really really stressed.

Yes, I know, "sad enough" sounds bad, but it's true. I can usually only write when I'm feeling a really strong emotion, and sadness is usually the one. XD

<3 - brittany