day fifteen.

skyla. 

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this is for you

not just for you

but for me too

memories taken down

onto paper,

made alive 

a second time.

summers on 

wrap-around couches

and writing on backs,

t-shirts pulled up

over heads.

feet burnt on asphalt,

and pizza,

and too many kids for one place

but making it work.

a short

yellow jumpsuit 

worn every other day

and chlorine-gobbled

hair.

further back.

homemade play-dough

and cupcakes,

burnt carpet 

and purple hands

on a plate.

old home videos

of easter morning,

shared candy

and snickering

under beds.

long hair

and disney movies

and falling asleep

before new years.

seventeen years.

seventeen memories.

seventeen kisses.