Do You Miss Me?

 Do You Miss Me?

  

      Three cold, long years

spent alone without you.

I was told you were coming back,

but more and more years passed.

    I'm five now, today's my birthday,

waiting for you to show up.

Playing on the drive way as

happy as could be.

 When all of a sudden

I'm on the ground screaming.

Mom runs outside and police surround me

as I lie on the ground, but all I think is

 Do you miss me?

     I'm ten now and we drop you off 

at the airport.

Mom is standing outside smoking

some Newport's.

 We wait until your plane gets here

and mom tries hard not to shed a tear.

I begin to think as you walk away,

Will you miss me?

     I'm fifteen now and it's been a while

since you retired.

 We don't talk as much as we used to,

I hear mom screaming at you.

Holding my ears to shut it out,

I begin to blast my music loud.

      I'm seventeen now and I do my best 

to ignore you because all we ever do

is argue.

I alway think to myself every night,

Do you miss me? 

Because I miss you.