Poetry
Hygge
Delaney Ashmore
issue two.
There has to be a word for it
How it feels to have you sitting beside me
And it feels like yesterday
Like you’ve always been here
Shoulder to shoulder
Arm in arm
Smiling ear to ear
And laughing until we can’t breathe.
There has to be a word for it
How you say one word or song lyric
And we’re in our early twenties again
Like we’re in our dorm room
Staying up all night
Watching BTS music videos and Korean Dramas
Talking in a language all our own
Not caring that no one else understands.
But, so much around us has changed.
They say it’s growing up.
We say we’ll talk non-stop
But spend time in comfortable silence.
We say we’ll be up all night
But we’re asleep by 11pm.
You’ve been gone for years
But can only come back for a day.
But for Just One Day,
Nothing has changed.
About the Author
Delaney has her Bachelor’s of Arts in English from William Carey University, and is currently working on her Master’s in English with a creative writing concentration at the University of South Alabama. She is the recipient of the South Alabama Stokes Center Scholarship for creative writing. In her spare time, she enjoys a good cup of coffee, a good book, and making memories with her closest friends. Her first published poem, “Curves,” will be featured in We Did It First: Poems from Poets of Mobile, Alabama later this year. Currently, she is a resident of Mobile, Alabama., with her husband, Tamen.
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