The Blue Rug

Remembering

*TW: Childhood trauma*

Photo by Richard Burlton on Unsplash

I remember the folded pages, the
TV guide resting on the table. What
did the table look like? I can’t remember.

So​ ​​​ ​ ​​​ ​ many things I barely remember,
what day it was, what the dusk felt like,
how you moved outside my door, silent,