timmy t.

We had just moved in, and Mama was too negligent to care enough about the fact that we were starving. The room we shared was illuminated by the light of the falling sun, and your lips turned a crooked smile as I eyed you across the room. At that moment, as the sky became the color of night and the luminance had dimmed from our enclosed space, I had a realization: you were my best friend. My confidant, my guardian, my greatest love. We hadn’t broken glances even as darkness paraded the house, the silence lingering under our breath. I knew you couldn’t stay. It was time to go.

We had just moved in, and Mama was too negligent to care enough about the fact that we were starving. The room we shared was illuminated by the light of the falling sun, and your lips turned a crooked smile as I eyed you across the room. At that moment, as the sky became the color of night and the luminance had dimmed from our enclosed space, I had a realization: you were my best friend. My confidant, my guardian, my greatest love. We hadn’t broken glances even as darkness paraded the house, the silence lingering under our breath. I knew you couldn’t stay. It was time to go.

Robert enjoyed being noticed, and he affectionately squeezed my hand. "Oh, take their picture," said the woman to her bemused husband, "I think they're artists." "Oh, go on," he shrugged. "They're just kids.