5’4
i stand
your mom said
that i almost reached
your height but You were
just a little bit taller than me
the door is marked by reminders that You are always
older than the person You were yesterday
but those visual cues didn’t show You
that i too abide by God’s rules
there is this room in which we forever exist
that room where i house my confessions
holy, with the twinkling stars hanging on your
window that sat there longer than we have
on that couch with its tattered black leather wilting off
like butterflies – their black fluttering wings
making an ageless, shapeless couch
i thought that i counted seven butterflies that came
into my stomach, maybe more,
but when i stood up, brushing off
countless words & swallowing
my last remarks that you
didn't believe in
I was lifted heads above you
above that static room
above the house
and standing,
proudly,
at 5’4
- Chloe Gonzales
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