coffee and chocolate from the shop where our friends
earn their spending money on the weekends
college and new friends nine months down the road
you’ll probably leave and i’ll probably stay home
in the house i’ve adopted, though it isn’t mine
and i’ll probably miss you like all of the time
nothing to forgive, afraid to forget
you’ll be somewhere between strawberries and cigarettes
you’ll start a business, or get a degree
i’ll draw a heart in chalk on the concrete
for the girl that was me and the one i’ve grown into
and hope someday you’ll learn to love you like i do
i’ll stay in this small town and learn about love
start doing the things i used to just dream of
you’ll get those tattoos and stay close with your mom
you’ll go the right way and still wonder where you went wrong
coffee and chocolate
i’ll see you again
we’ll tell each other about all our new friends
new families, new kitchens, paying off new loans,
i’ll say, “we made it,” and you’ll say, “i know.”
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