“If you could be anywhere right now, where you you be?”
amongst friends
amongst friends who lack loss
friends who lack tragedy
who lack sorry
lack scars.
amongst friends who can smile,
fully.
no shadows behind their eyes
or ghosts in their souls.
we are too young for this.
“What’s your favorite color?”
it was black.
dark
never-ending
unforgiving.
but now it is sky blue,
the color of her eyes at the beach.
slate grey,
for when they saw rain.
periwinkle,
when they experienced joy.