the way spring was before summer arrived

It doesn't have to be crazy

That's for a different day

I just want to love the little things

That make me feel grand today

I know I'm silly

But at least I'm not mean

I don't want to be

I got so many hugs today

My dad brought out my baby blanket

I feel safe

I could have 

cried in the parking lot

But instead I 

smiled and smiled and

smiled

Like,               so awkwardly

Because it's really been

so long

I walked to my sister's

house

we sat on the floor

drawing on cardboard

who cares abt 18?

Let me stay 15 forever 

We practiced mehendi

Yesterday was ugadi

We had chapati

I knew it was going to be sweet

to run thru your hair, the gardens, my truth

and feel what's true

because spring is for something old

and spring is for something new

There's no more feeling borrowed

no more feeling blue