War of Love or Hate By Kammi Wofford Everything fell apart And when it did, it became me screaming out the passengers’ seat of my “best friend’s” window Yelling at you as we drove past your house She always welcomed the right side of the street, next to the stoplight, with her middle finger and for a second, i felt that way too There was a small part of me that wanted to speak the words, “i hate you” But I never did I most definitely did scream the words “screw you” more times than I could count Yet, I’m still in love with you And I hate every ounce of sitting here Waiting on you Like you’ll do something Do you even love me? She always found some way to make me laugh as we drove by And instead of driving to leave you notes It became me singing every single love song at the top of my lungs, hanging out the window Resulting in her dragging me back inside the car And when my best friend faded from my side Because she lied to me, too I finally got the courage to scream “I love you” out of my window to you For some reason, There was a small part of me that hoped you heard it But you weren’t close enough to that stoplight If only you understood how freeing it felt to scream at you Like you were listening And for some reason, she left and you stayed Now I’m just left missing the both of you.
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