Popcorn

IZIMA

Be careful, Izima.

As the days got darker

And the sun stopped shining

We became closer

As the clouds became grayer

And the rain started falling

We pretended

You laugh

It’s a little thing, but you made that smile for me 

and for now I am glad

to sit here and endure this boredom

Because you’re here too

and I’ve never felt anything like this before

Looking in the mirror, I am awakening. Have I always needed so much makeup to conceal my eye bags? I am in a haze, and I am off to work, and it is too early in the morning.