i’m still thinking about that time you slept in my bathtub and i checked on you eight times that night to make sure you were okay

i’m still thinking about that time you told me about a discovery channel program about sharks and how you looked up at the night sky like a shark would be swimming through the stars

i’m still thinking about that time you cried to me about your sister smoking pot and how we lay on your trundle bed in your salmon room and talked about chemistry

i’m still thinking about that time you told me to accept jesus into my heart and if i didn’t, my eight year old self would spend forever in hell

i’m still thinking about that time you kissed me in the shower during hide and seek, and that time you walked me through the quad when everyone stared

i’m still thinking about that time in physics when i presented about nikola tesla and you wouldn’t make eye contact with me despite your promise the night before

i’m still thinking about that time you curled my hair and gave me sunflower earrings and we walked to 7-11 next to a highway alone

i’m still thinking about that time you left a wilted red rose in my cubby with a love letter on wide ruled paper, and how i threw the rose away and hid the note in my treehouse only to run out in the middle of the night to save it under my mattress