You Should've Been Here

My heartbeat is high

I'm sweating tremendously

It's winter and I'm smeared in sweat

There are thorns everywhere

And rocks

And peace

Mountains are a nice place to be

Treks are fun

Especially when you have the right motivation

We usually go up there to have smoke in the open

It's fun to just be there and be free

No one to worry about

Just us

But this time,

This time was different

We went up again

It was morning and the sun was bright

I was leading and everything seemed right

We could touch the clouds

And the sun was just a jump or two away

You could reach out and grab the moon though

It was easy to fall over and die

And yet we had our motivation to live

As soon as I reached up, I couldn't help but think

You should've been here too

I don't know why

But you would've loved this place

I want to enjoy everything

But all I get to remember is, what you would've said

Had you been there with me

This is what we always talked about

This was our place

We've visited this place countless times in our texts

Read them back if you have forgotten about them

You can see the distant traffic

The cars soaring past the empty valley

No one stops by to enjoy the scenery

Just like a Robert Frost poem

We stand here mesmerized while the commoners soar past by

The traffic has no noise

Even the largest of trucks seem tiny at this point

I can lift them with one arm

Or blow one of them away with ease

And then there are these rocks

These uneven yet wonderfully cut rocks

As if God heard us talk and then specifically made a mountain for us

This was always our place

Close to the celestial bodies

Close to the ground

We have the rocks and the moon, both at our behest

I see some faint stars

It's still a little dark

The sun rushes in hastily, looks like he woke up late

The red-orange tint

Just like the one in your dreams

You should've been there

You should've seen this

With every breath, with every puff, with every part of nicotine

I think of you more and more and more

There are cars

There are rocks

There are clouds

There is the moon

I am here

You

You should've seen this

You should've been here.