21

21 feels like

a hundred goodbyes, two hundred hellos

thousands of miles with a half second delay

a sunrisen good morning and a sunset good night

fireflies in a fairytale

three hundred and one childhoods

backyard dusks with my softspoken hero in too short shorts

muddied with oblivious oblivion

21 feels like

lions and tigers and bears

and an ostrich or too (many)

pb and jell-o; jo-jo sticks for the road

ingle/angle and a silver bangle

21 feels like

the first morning(side)

afternoon adventures and a hidden smirk

Nighttime dalliances

Apple flavored fingertips

21 feels like

Couture gowns draped to dissuade

Hunger pangs and smiles that fade

Seven girls telling twenty one stories

Fashion shows and my own Model

UN(forgettable)

21 feels like

Backslides in Clifton heights

A best friend who spoke my language with a foreign tongue

A kiss or three/that reminded me

to laugh louder

21 feels like

summer stagnant

in a florida cove

looking to my future with blissful devotion

beautiful naivete

and the quiet of a night in limbo

21 feels like

smoke burnt too fast to ignite

cuervo cocktails, burnt too fast to incite

that “turkey dinner” feeling that carved holes in my independence

dirty dances and effervescence

21 feels like

1006

21 feels like

determination and d block

headstands and kegstands and laststands

sisterhood

21 feels like

g(irls) unit(ed)

transcendence and safe spaces

just a subway stop away!

Waiting for the weekND

21 feels like

three months of recollection

retrospection

interjection!

21 feels like

love, unconditional

from all four corners of the world

time zones collide to conveniently provide

smiles and love letters

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21 feels like

joy.

No matter what.