You Remind me

Author's Note: Written May 26 2019 and dedicated to all in this settler colony struggling to 'let go' of people or places not loving them as they deserve &/or drowning in addiction.

You remind me of 
	kids wearing Starter jackets
		me, last to get the memo
			observing others 
	 			oblivious to my not belonging
	the boys i thought would 
        never see me

You remind me
	that even a strange place can become home
	that a stranger can become home
	that there are safe places
                however fleeting
	                in this land of broken dreams

Your brokenness
	so comfortable
your affection
	so perfect