This Isn’t Goodbye

This isn’t goodbye
This isn’t the end
This isn’t forever
I’m not losing a friend

Sure she’s not home
Where I’m used to seeing
Sure she’s gone
But just for the time being

She’ll come back
I know she will
She’ll come and visit
She loves me still

It’s just for awhile
Only a few years
It isn’t forever
There’s no need to fear

She’s not really gone
She’s just farther away
She’s still my friend
And it’s gonna stay that way

It’ll be over soon
And then I know
We’ll be together again;
I’ll give it a go!

I’ll give this a try
This college thing
This going away
Just for the time being

“But this isn’t forever,”
I say again with a sigh,
“This is only temporary
It isn’t goodbye.”

-Erika
Age 17