When I Think Of You, I Do Stupid Things

When I think of you, usually, I do stupid things.

I think about all of the stupid things I’ve said to you
and beat myself up for them
while also bombing whatever work I’m doing for school.

I think of all the times you’ve helped me out
and hope there is some higher power out there I can think for having you around,
even if I don’t wanna be.

I think of all the times we just talked for hours about nothing
and think of other things I could’ve said to make it that much funnier
while randomly laughing in the middle of wherever I happen to be and getting stared at funny.

I think of all the times we didn’t have an actual conversation for a couple of days or more
because you weren’t in a great mood, and I didn’t want to make it worse,
and I think of how I feel like our friendship being worn like a stone.
When I think of you, I make really odd and possibly stupid analogies
even if I’m turning it in for a school assignment.
But if we don’t etch our friendship back into the stone, we’ll forget what it was, if we haven’t already.

When I think of you, sometimes, I smile.

Author's Note

This is one of the only poems I've ever written...