My Baby's at the Corner Store
You been gone for a while,
they start to doubt—
but I know where you at.
In the dead of night
no matter what room
you occupy, I abide.
Through all my senses
I feel you all around me.
Petrifyingly beautiful,
they begin to leave
with a misunderstanding.
Baby they think you don't visit me.
Not knowing you were sitting across
from us grinning ear to ear.
I choose this early time
as the nightfall is only for me.
When you come alive.
Your hair is spaced out
curling from the top to the ends,
same as how we embrace.
A hand wraps around my shoulder blade
and another at the back of my head.
How have I managed to say goodbye?
Destroying every part of me
only to pick up the pieces
and make me feel whole.
My sweet illusion.
Copyright © Jayla Hall Cabrera | Year Posted 2024
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