2025 NaPM 9 April

[carahmellow]

driving with ghosts
of two of my brothers

as they ride along
in small wooden boxes

one for the wind
the other the river

I made a promise
and I will deliver

I love this. It's so simple but says so much. <3

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Here is my little contribution for today:


We have two life partners:
our spouses, our lovers,
and also our childhood kin.

Mario Kart champion,
swimming companion,
alarm clock on Christmas Day—

playmate at Grandma’s,
witness of traumas,
a sidekick—someone our age.

it was you and me,
a camaraderie,
sharing a snack in the echo of war.