Red light.
we’re stopped at the intersection
of Past and Future.
time is frozen for a moment –
our lives hang suspended in a
fragile balance under a
wash of crimson light.
raindrops refract the carousel
of headlights whizzing past,
making them look like blinking
strands of Christmas lights.
music dances faintly out of the radio
and our linked hands rest
on the center console between us.
I want to capture this moment
preserve it in a jar, like an ant
perpetually suspended in
a teardrop of amber.
tuck it into a corner of the world
where time will never tarnish it.
please don’t change
please don’t forget me
please don’t let go
Green light
Haynes is a writer and editor for her high school’s literary magazine. Her work has been published by the Florida chapter of Poetry Out Loud Gets Original.