Dear Cody

By: Greta Morgenweck

Dear Cody,

The time seemed to move by quicker than I thought it would. Now I’ll leave this place, these people that made me who I am and all the feelings I didn’t know I could feel. 

Dear Cody, I want to say thank you,

For the memories that will overwhelm me, the gold in the countertops, the broken lights, and late nights. Overtime I might forget the way I used to be but I’ll always keep that Good 2 Go sign in the back of my mind. 

Dear Cody, I used to hate you, 

But for some reason, now, I’ll want to remember the street names and girls that showed me what it felt like to be loved.

Dear Cody, I realized,

I might’ve lost myself a few times and people I loved. This won’t be my first goodbye to this town and people but it will be my last and I’ll know I will miss all of this.

Dear Cody, I’ll remember,

That teacher that was my mom when she couldn’t be there, and the stunning woman that loved the way yoga made her feel. 

Dear Cody, I wish the best,

For the people here I grew up with and keep their words of wisdom that got me through the days that never seemed to end. 

Dear Cody, I love,

The mountains I used to roam and places I drove. Although this town brought many tears, I have grown and loved what I used to know. 

Dear Cody, 

I found a part of myself along the way, through the pain, through the pleasure, and everything that I used to take for granted made me. So, “ For here I would leave this earth and these stars because I would take nothing with me from here, because I’ve looked into what’s coming, and I don’t need anything from here.” - Laszlo Krasznahorkai from “ I don’t need anything from here”