These days have been better

I don't miss you like I used to,

There's no ache in my ribs

Like the one that once sat there.

I've made new friends,

I'm not trying to replace you,

Just fill the space you took up;

I've stopped worrying about

What I'll look like in pictures,

Who sees me at my worst,

Who knows the best of me.

Instead I give my best to everyone

The girl in the desk to my right,

Someone I walked with to the car,

A boy who I'll never see

Again after the summer.

It feels good to be so distanced,

Distracted from reality,

Keeping the voice in my head

Steady, but not overbearing.