I woke up late and pulled the covers back up
when I heard everyone else still asleep,
an hour later I crawled out of the warmth
and safety of the purple angel blanket
my grandmother made me when i was six.
To the fridge to heat up left over
Starbucks coffee from last night -
that's the disadvantage of this tiny,
little apartment of a home, there's no
coffee pot and ours has been living
in a box on a truck to California
ahead of us for weeks now.
The radio came on with a startling volume
and my brother's youtube videos
woke mom up without much warning
or gentleness. It'll be a simple day today
but when I picked up my pen, wondering
what to say today the clock flashed
11:11
so I whispered, "Make a wish" even though
they had headphones in and I know
that you couldn't hear me, but I hope that
when you find this, and you read it,
you can make a wish of your own.
That maybe I have made the power of
the numbers last forever since it is in print now,
or maybe you'll be lucky enough to
come across it in a different time zone
where you've gone back to the minute
filled with hope and regret, sanity and change.
Because if nothing else,
that would be magical.
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