College Girl

[serenity]

College girl you've left me
I sit at home and think
how much I really miss you

I lean back in the chair
it creaks...or was that me?

I lean back and I think again
of the times that we once shared

Old memories flit through my head
of summer days with little girls and lollipops
and you standing on your head

And teenage girls with rolling eyes
and wishing parents dead

Creating space between us
a necessary thing

So spread your wings my baby
take flight to womanhood

And I will drink a toast to you
just like a good mother should

Just don't come home before Christmas
as we've gutted out your room
to make space for the hot tub and sauna
we've wanted there since June