J_Kramer

I scroll through the options

Endless rows

And rows

And rows

Of smileys

And animals

And faces

And people

And things.

I scroll through the multicolored hearts

The laughing faces

You may not understand

What it is

To look your future in the eye

And have it blink

To not know

If your rights

Will be your rights

Hello Fall, 

I see you outside my window, 

I pass you every day on our road. 

Do you know what secret life holds? 

Hello Fall, 

What happens when it starts to snow? 

Do you still find comfort 
In the way the leaves change 
Green to orange to red to green again?  
Do your clothes still smell like apples and spices?  
Do you still drink cider 

Waking up to you

grinning down at me

your long, golden hair falling off your shoulders,

I close my eyes

block out your face with my hand

They’re everywhere: 

Stories of growing up and getting old 

And time slipping through a child’s fingers 

Like sand at the beaches of your memories.