𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

Seven Years

I know
I was
seven

just a kid
her rollerskates,
scabbed knees,
stories
she made up
in her head,

and
the
whole
world
ahead
of
her

I think
I was
eleven

I don't really
remember
the girl who
hurt
so much
she felt like

she
carried
the
whole
world
on
her
back

somehow
I'm
fourteen

I am not
either of
these girls now
but they were,
are
still me because
they affect

how
I
see
the
whole
world
now

there are seven years
between the little kid
and the teenager

then there's the girl in between
October 2023