x
The Glow of Then 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPzp75xuTh
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthRcFsjui4
The summers shimmered like old film reels, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarV0WvhaNo
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJR2EQt8CpS
her hands kneading cookie dough, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R41MXdTpi
soft scents of sugar rising. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Pzgt28lmd
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9YMAeDs8N
The screen door clattered, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRam4FEQfE
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWrFcFsmQ0
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg4ZY2awJI
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVomzCKGtg
The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQNtewYtHC
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmpoq1YqK4
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9Bake6irw
Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNMCX3VRVb
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAk8fD5zII
racing shadows down suburban streets. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXdu0KYYlk
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazmKpTZzGD
The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLJbdUeNIV
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTVcbvuRNr
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UiiM2B7DI
Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78nXGaC8EE
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mRvwyIfc9
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl9Z7bj1jd
We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX6WAvuHBG
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHc93Yuv0z
In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhAXaw2iLH
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQtTJvex1W
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6ncQKY1JT
Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTKGCAO8G1
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKxRSnbTZD
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfrhxYfvzu
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW3TWXhoIe
Even silence held a warmth, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AiGnWw6Fs
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyWJmFSpzU
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaeH2HYDSr
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42xueYaMbO
Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3AplSwEZE
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV626XmqldJ
The air electric with nothingness and everything: 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuTYfrY7AP
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87uRDDEDg4
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMCDSObJu7
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7WKiAmMyK
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZ5NIMWZtA
Now, these moments unspool, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJq8eKtxTG
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc08QxJVqJa
131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZtnpyKxo8
Not gone, never gone, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJvcWfvUED
but held in the amber light of reflection, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6KGPFygJE
a time both retro and eternal, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD4wPviFmQ
where we were endless, 131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsx6J5g6F2
and the world shone as if it knew us.131Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KtIS57Muo
