To Rachel

"you only hug me in airports" was the last thing I heard her say as she opened her arms to her eldest daughter and I was nothing short of amazed when they walked into each others arms I saw her close her eyes if only for a second drinking the moment through her pores as if the rest of us were invisible even to the night that moment seemed to stretch to morph to erase years of pain and close the gap of months in a single step together I wonder if she heard the screaming in her ears or the sound of glass breaking the rain on her face the night that she slammed the door on that same little girl now an adult but still small enough to fit between arms I'll never know what happened between them but I imagine it like lightning hitting their chests in a terrifyingly beautiful fashion and I was waiting for her daughter to cry out "no, you only hug me in airports" and I'm not sure if they will ever see each other again I wonder if they're happy or simply content

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