When so much is left undone
after "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something
I'm transported 60 years
in the length of a heartbeat
with the opening chords and I remember us,
coupled at Empire State
in the good old days,
snapping golden-age photos
in the diamonds' glistenings.
I'm back in the grass
of strawberry fields
and I realise the magic
of those moments
where you'd follow me
with a Google Map
leading us to bad decisions
and well-dressed Irish pirates
I find myself missing
songbird city tours
and daydreaming
of a future with you
and I
before the world,
our lives,
our loves,
left us with only songs
and horror movies
to remember us by.
Juliette Sebock is the author of Mistakes Were Made and has work in publications including Royal Rose Mag and Cauldron Anthology. She is the editor-in-chief of Nightingale & Sparrow and runs a lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste. When she isn't writing (and sometimes when she is) she can be found with a cup of coffee and her cat, Fitz. She can be reached at her website and across social media at @juliettesebock. She is a regular contributor of Marías at Sampaguitas.