Rememberance Poem by Courtney Beaudry

I was starign around
following the waitresses
dressed in red and black,
that could care less
who I really was
as I munched on non-nutritious food,
wondering which of them
lived to serve and which
served to live; and I was
thinking of you.

In the parking lot,
as the Sun went down,
I dodged maniac drivers,
attempting to return to the safety
of an automated vehicle,
and from the chilly air
I wished for a warmer place;
maybe Florida, back when I was
ten, and my life was almost carefree
as I chased lizards into plam trees;
I was thinking of you

On the car ride,
errands taking me through the basis of
four different towns,
looking for the exact perfection
in a pair of black pants I'd
need in two days, but
pushing it aside as I
store ou the window;
I was thinking of you.

A quiet lake passed me by,
in somewhere I once abaded
but did not call
home, where I remembered
a young turtle my grandmother
nearly ran over, but saved
to be my companion for nine months
before I let it be in that lake,
where we feared the geese getting at it.
In that tranquility,
I thought of you.

An American flag waved true
amidst the dark blue night
where few stars had yet emerged,
but fifty two nestled on a
different sea of blue.
Red for the blood in our veins,
white as the color of our skin.
Standing for something bigger than
I, or you, or anything
known. I watched its
grace and poise,
its understanding,
and I thought of you.