Short notes and take cares

I see you in other faces

No one else can compare

Periodic thoughts of “What if’s”

While I lose myself at night 

with letters and a pen.

Sometimes I close my eyes and think

The universe must have made a terrible mistake 

How could two people seem so close

And yet so far away 

How can someone’s mind be so beautiful 

With all that fire in their eyes 

How could you be that one thing

that is not mine?

Illustration by: Fatima Seehar
Copyright 2019 Valerie Sanchez