do you remember
holding me here?
do you remember pressing your face into my neck
and slipping your hands around my waist
Laughing in the face
of fear
My parents on the other side of the mirror

Unbeknownst to not just them
but the world beyond Us
Outside the reach of our fingertips
That grazed only the skin of each other

Do you remember holding me here
Laughing into my ear
and promising much more than our barren soil has reaped?

Do you remember holding me here
with no intention to leave?