Of Peachy rings

A lingering hug

With a lingering gentle kiss

Is the good bye

And walk away

Without a look back

When I look back

It takes twice as long

To come back

And console her more

Its even harder

To say goodbye

Knowing I have to be

The one to walk away

She holds on

To me

Anchoring me

To herself

I don’t know

Why I told her

I would take her

To school

That worked

So well last time

Leaving both of us in tears

Now we are even closer

Than we were then

I hold her hand

As I drive

Because it reminds me

That we are together

My friend is with us

He came

To make sure

She falls asleep

Gripping my hand

A peaceful smile

Plays on her lips

I came to stop

At the half way point

I saw her phone buzz

And I read the text

From little miss popular

Saying ok have fun

I’ll see you soon

Being a nosy creep

I look at the sent messages

Saying I would take her

 I stop and get gas

She slowly wakes up

I told her

 I wasn’t going to wake you

I’ll be done in a minute

And we will go

She shakes her head

I want a cool drink

And peachy rings

She says

I watch her walk away

Happy to have this time

With her

As we sit back

In the car a little while later

She eats the peach rings

With her A & W root beer

She starts to get hyper

Changing songs multiply times

Never picking her mood

She asked me if

I wanted one

I shook my head

She pouted a tiny bit

Till I take one

She starts to read

Her book

When we get her

To her school

I take out her bags

Put them on the ground

Taking her in my arms

Knowing when I drive off

I will be dreaming

Of her blue eyes

I give her a little kiss on the forehead

Then gently moving my lips

To hers

Tasting the little hint of

Peachy rings