It used to be maybe twenty,
A mad rush to get to the microwave and then, bathroom
Shuffle food in and maybe a brief second to breathe before you’re on again.
Now?
It’s a calm stroll to the bench; the one that has my name on it, under the watchful eyes of the sun’s rays.
I eat in serenity, breathe in serenity, swinging my legs.
That twenty a distant memory today, for today it’s forty, feels like sixty,
Feels like sixty.
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
Two years ago we commenced–one vignette a day And now…everything has changed, life happened still every now and then, we have chats like that night.
Recently a friend of mine explained her daughter who is a toddler’s aversion to new clothes. She said that at first when attempting to slide
Walking through a field of sinking sand I push hard for clarity it doesn’t matter those words don’t matter I will not let them attach