Time Machine

unmoored from time,

so many places

every memory

all at once

strange passion in a twin bed

old chocolate in a basket,

robots on the screen

showers, vast secrets

calling, crying, headset on the floor

red cami, checkered skirt

erasing the big house

hours of tears, conviction, drive. desire.

conviction, family.

calls, videos, marks, pain

fear, trauma, horror, death

deep, true love

for three

movies, bunk beds, magic, friends

boys, womanhood, makeup

kinship, woodshop, helping friends

gators, hacking, tremendous growth

strange things, wounds rubbed raw

sandy beaches, coin flips, dare

coming out, acceptance, love

fires in seattle, herrera,

burning sweet cinnamon after a long week

girl talk, guitar, pink mold

companionship unlike any other

back seat of a red honda, joy and laughter

diet coke, hillside, smiles, fairies

urine bags, decaying flesh, cold hands, hospice

a peaceful passing

one terribly missed

so much life, in this one girl
so rarely explored.

overwhelmed with nostalgia,

new life and apartment unreal

for one night, with friends

floating back

through the magic cardboard television ◼︎