[p o e t r y]

A year, no more.

It was just a year
Only one
Of four

It was just a room and a hall and a flight
My entire story with you
Started and progressed
All within the confines of that little space

It was only a year and a half
A year in love
A year in love in Kerr
And a half
A half a year of mourning
Afraid in park in Kerr
Afraid of the GC
Afraid of the library
Afraid of honors
Afraid that
My entire college memory will be
Of you
And you alone
It was a year in love
And a semester in heartbreak

But that's it.

You only get a year

I can have more than that
If I want
To mourn

But you only get a year
No more.

Kerr was my dorm
Kerr was my freshman home
Kerr was where I lived with C
Kerr was where I laughed with my friends
Kerr was where I hosted movie nights on ice days
Kerr is where I loved Syd
Kerr is where I rearranged my room
Kerr is where I had Barbie movie nights
And studied till 3am
When Chloe brought me hub chubs and I cried
Where I had CIV
Where I was smart
Because I was in honors
Before we were ever in honors

This was my home
Before it was ever yours
This was my college
Before it was ever ours
And it will be mine again.

You got a year,
But no more,

This is my college
This is my junior year
There will be more, MUCH, more to junior year
Than you
And losing you.

You got a year,
But no more.

02/04/23