The road seems long and it two weeks
since my memory
have surface
I walk the long road to work
It's mid not to hot more sunny but the breeze
Is warm school children walk this roads
People on bikes,
People selling goods at the convince small stores
There's no red light at this road until you reach the
end
Do memories know when to stop replaying itself ?
Like a tape you'll
take out and revisit in the years or so
High I felt , drunk off tequila off fuzzy clouds that
Clouded my mind
And the people suddenly became invisible
I saw you in the same light but at a different angle
There was no longer a chain on my lips
Or a lock on my soul
No care in the world
Haze did the talking and I was present
Almost proud, I said something and you laughed
Either in relief or shock, a mix with a bit of something
I couldn't tell
Then I had to catch my self short
Itold you to forget everything I said in the morning
Like I wouldn't remember it then.
-ashes poetry
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PoetryA collections of poems papiyon means butterfly in Haitian Creole language ©️ Ashley Francios 2024-2025