Photograph 2014

This is my best friend
his hair is newly shortened
his fingers covered in gummy styling product
he smells like his beautiful green house on Gold road
I smell like sweat
I shaved the side of my head
my mother hated it
but I loved it
We went on a drive in his dad's rickety Bonneville
he is draped over the hood
I only had to get out to restart it once
that in itself was a miracle
but it was always worth the drive
We were alone in a secluded place
I couldn't tell you where
rarely a car would drive by and ask us if we needed anything
I only needed him

This was a moment of solitude in our lives

This is togetherness
through the divorce
the breakups
the nights where we would lie awake
the familial struggles
the financial struggles
we had paused time to laugh
we enjoyed the earth as it was made to be enjoyed
Simply together