Wake Me If You're Out There

All of you are going to go places. Far away places. All of you are going to do big things. Monumental things. You are going to find your significant other and get married. You will have a family. Whether if you’re planning on having 9 boys, or if you’re planning on having one little girl. You’ll finally get to do what you always wanted to do. Become a writer, a doctor, a nurse, a soldier, or a businessman. You are all going to be the people you wanted to become. As for me? Well, I’ll be here. Same house, and same town. You’ll say “No you won’t”. I’ll smile and say “We’ll see”. I will live by myself and that’s ok. I’ll know my neighbors. I’ll see at least two generations, Lord willing, grow up, move out, and do all the things I’ve said before. My house will be almost empty. My brothers’ rooms will have the same wall paper. Their beds will be gone but I’ll remember where they used to stand. My parent’s room, untouched. The living room, bare and dusty. The dining room, table less and barren. The kitchen. Cluttered with my mother’s old pots and pans. However, my room will be different. It’ll have the same newspaper clippings of the Phillies covering the drywall. All my movie tickets hanging on the cork board next to my window. There will be something different about that wall though. It’ll have pictures, and ornaments, and keepsakes. Postcards, birthday cards, thank you cards, Christmas cards. On my desk there will be a box. It’ll be made of plain wood, no stain, no paint. In side it will be these items. A candle, a $10 bill, a euro, a necklace, a bracelet, two letters, a Louisiana state quarter, and failed test. These will be the most important things to me because they will be sent by you. At some point in time, You’ll forget me. Not yet,but someday, I will only be a memory to you. You’ll remember me for a little while, send me letters and cards to make sure I’m not forgotten, but eventually the cards will stop. The letters won’t be finished, and I will be forgotten. I’m ok with this. Because if you don’t remember me, I’ll remember you. I’ll remember all the time of how much I love you. You’ll say “That won’t happen”. I’ll just smile and say, “We’ll see”.