Thursday, June 2, 2022

Just For Us







"Just For Us"
There's something safe
inside nostagia,
something we all remember being,
     a stretch of time 
     where we still felt
     the whole of our lives 
     could still be filled 
with what we wanted to be,

Time has a way of being 
full of possibilities
and empty of them
at the same time,

Back when I was a kid
something I realize now
     is that everyday were full of
if's and when's and then's,

And now 
so many painful 
what if's ;
     So full of happy memories 
and what could have been's,

I remember when
     mornings on the weekends 
--first thing,
I would lift 
a cordless phone
because my mom loved them,
     dialing from memory 
     all my friends
trying to make plans for the day,

Nothing mattered 
as long as we each said 
we could hang, 
     Lazy sundays
with my sister 
waiting for my dad 
to start the barbeque, 

Oh, 
there's something safe 
in nostalgia 
and why
I still love going to the movie theater,
     Or enjoying a backyard barbeque
with my friends,
     Grabbing snacks 
and watching the same
shitty horror movie
again and again,
     Listening to the same songs 
over and over
until the last second 
just to repeat again
on a sony walkman,

There are moments in time 
we all have 
where we find 
what feels safe enough to open up 
--if only just for us.
-Armando Torres

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