In an Instant
take a picture, make
the moment last longer
say you'll remember me
when we were younger,
next to your bedside table
and in your secret pocket
in your notebooks and photo
albums, kept inside a heart locket
we’d be out in the garden
or walking around the pond
in the background there were
ducks, geese, and a single swan
write out the date for the future
when we wish we could go back
to that time we felt famous, before
all the colored film turned to black
- Leah Rae