Separation Poem

I Miss You

Hey Mum and Dad

How are you?

Are you happy where you are?

I miss you.

How is Leyla?

Is she still causing everyone to tell her to shut up?

I miss you.

How is Scarlett?

Is she still making food that tastes like heaven?

I miss you.

How is Nana?

Is she still making sausage rolls and tea every Sunday?

I miss you.

How is Pops?

Is he still doing his crosswords every day?

I miss you.

How is Nina?

Is she still whining at you to feed her?

I miss you.

I wonder every day if you still do these things. 

I wish I had never left.

I wish I could still jump in the car every Sunday to go to Nana and Pops for morning tea.

I wish that on Mondays I could walk home after school every day, see Scarlett at home, and then bike off to Lytton for band practice and drum lessons. 

I wish that on Tuesdays and Thursdays I could get home, change into my togs, and go swimming with Dad and Leyla at the Olympic Pools.

I miss sitting down in front of the TV to watch the Big Bang during dinner with you all.

As I sit on this plane back to you, I wonder if everything is still the same as it was, or if everything has changed so much that I won’t recognise you all.

I hope that you will accept me again, let me adjust to any changes that have happened. 

I hope that you will help me to find myself again. 

As I sit, I wonder.

I Miss You.