when recess lasted forever
my backpack used to swallow me whole
now i barely notice it on my shoulders
recess felt like it lasted forever
like the sun never went down
one friend moved to Fairfield and stopped texting
some just stopped sitting with me
the trees by the fence have changed
but i can’t tell if its them or me
the bell still rings the same
sharp and impossible to ignore
but sometimes i wonder
when the last normal day was
or the last time my parents carried me
time didn’t wait for me
it just kept going.
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