Olive Anderson

Where are you?

Where are you?

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Where are you when I need you most?

Sitting in the dark of night

Watching trees go by on my way to the hills

Eating a meal that just doesn’t fill

WHere were you?

 

Where are you when I want your eyes?

Graduating high school, your eyes not there

Heading off to college, your eyes not there

Learning to drive, your eyes not there

Where were you?

 

Where are you when I need your voice?

Sobbing after my first heartbreak 

Taking a walk to the park with the geese

Cooking in the kitchen listening to music

Where were you?

 

Where are you when I need your smile?

After a wholesome movie up at AMC

On a facetime call when I’m far away

At a concert with my hands held high

Where were you?

 

Where are you when I need your presence?

When I took my first steps

When I said my first words

When I sobbed my first tears because of your absence

Where were you?

 

None of this is how I thought it would be

Bodies unfill your presence in my life

There\'s still an empty seat in the crowd

With a name tag, an anonymous name tag