Imaginary Friends

You’ve held on longer than most.

Many have already said goodbye;

You seem to think it will last forever.

I only wish that it could.

But you know,

Someday

I’m going to have to tell you that

I

Don’t

Exist.

I’m nothing but a voice in your head.

And you need to know.

It’ll break your heart;

But it will break mine more.

I know

You won’t dance with me

Anymore;

Twirling around your cluttered room,

Your feet more graceful than mine;

I know

You won’t talk to me

Anymore;

Whispering all your little secrets,

Waking me up late

When you have a bad dream;

I know

You won’t think of me

Anymore,

Till I’m just a

Flicker of memory

Pushed to the back of your mind.

I’ll watch you letting go;

I’ll watch you moving on;

I’ll watch you growing up;

And I

Will fade

From existence.