Free
Photo Credit: Ayo Ogunseinde
Free by Reign
You made sweet potato pies
with a smile
As if, this life was free
Your fingers imprinted into the dough
The smell of brown sugar in the South Carolina air
Figs left their fragrance in your backyard
They made you smile
As if, this life was free
As if, it didn’t cost you everything to breathe
As if, it hadn’t cost you everything to be
And it was you who pressed your hands so gently
upon the tiny mouth
And broke the news to me
That I would never know everything
No matter how many times I asked questions
for which there was no answer
I learned that even love comes with a price
Even if it is simply love, in return
As if, by magic, you turned fresh peas into dinner
Stewed chicken conjured a gathering in your kitchen
And we smiled
as if life was free
As if, this life would ever be free
Reign X
Poet, Digital Artist, Photographer, Podcaster, and Politica, living in New Mexico.
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