I was loved

Do dates really matter,
Once time has flown away?
I still measure my days by the presence and absence of you showing up in my mind,
I don't know how to count days to never seeing you again,
I still wake up wanting to tell you things,
Run to you squealing,
"Look at what I did, you would be so proud"
I, finally, learnt to parallel park,
I heard you giggle in my head that day.
After you, silence only stretches across my tongue as the sea to the horizon,
I don't hear my voice so much anymore. 
Your absence showed me how much of my life I'll walk alone. 
Stopped reaching out for hands to hold,
I'm no longer afraid of what may come,
I heard someone say love is a rare phenomenon. 
So I let that part of you go
That dug nails and teeth in my soul 
And ripped pieces of it out. 
I only keep that part of you that loved me.
And even as time continues to keep us apart, 
There will always be a part of us in me,
The girl who ran to you with glistening eyes,
And you, the boy who held out his arms, kissed her forehead and loved her back.
It was love. 
I was loved.