Woke up feeling pristine

Bright eyes and white teeth

Lunchbox packed in my backpack

Carpool team around the cul-de-sac

Could you pick me up out front?

Shorebreak laying in the sun

Football games in the top row of seats

Back when I was so naive

Handball courts and cherry balls

Grass stains from my blue jean falls

Playground and swings

What’s emotion?

Oh, child

2015

Always a smile

Thought I was a big dog at 5’5”

Camera in my hand

The most steady plan was my Instagram back then

But I never had a steady hand

Who were my friends, who I am

Can we hurry up?

Thinking in four years it’ll be stabilized

Sneaking out of class in the hallways

Knowing that you’d recognize my face

And you always said my name

Made me happy that I maybe had a place