March!! We made it!
Another Photo Taped to the Computer Screen
There’s a polaroid I’ve taped to the corner of the computer screen.
I’m in it. A different me. Younger, thinner, a different kind of happier.
She wears funky glasses and her head is shaved to a soft fluff, the
grays like a subtle halo. She looks boldly into the camera which
means she’s looking boldly at me. This reflection is an intersection
flaming introspection and affection. I like the direction she helps
me remember. She smiles dimples into her cheeks. I remember
how shattered her heart was…yet, look, she’s stilled in a moment
of yes, of here, of trust…this picture says a thousand words and
they are all love.
VANESSA SHIELDS 