I find you
Between coffee and kisses
In the kitchen
Tiny feet pattering
We sneak these moments
Like they were our last breaths Fingers intertwined
grasping each other
between the business
and the obligation of the day
I will always choose you
again and again
and again
even if I must find you in another life Just to touch your hand
And say “nice to meet you”
Again.
Maggie Torres is a former English teacher, Jiu-Jitsu academy owner, and University of Edinburgh, Napier graduate. She holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing and an MEd in Educational Policy. Her work often explores cultural identity and the intricacies of love. She has been published in Spoken Black Girl, Pulse Literary Magazine, T.K. Lennon’s Trailblasian Anthology and is currently working on her first poetry collection.