I needed to rest   We were just getting started

I could not take it already   I did not want to take it

I was young, I wanted to stop for a minute 

to avoid going forward  

look
at the drinks
in the arcade light

the milk teas the sodas  
and sit on the bench

have a drink   look at maps  

go to the bathroom   at my face,

my family’s face, in the mirror

and wonder, what does my family contain

why is it so easy to lose oneself in the warmth of resemblances  

skin into
a panic  

getting close to the sun  

replaced by a cloud

that grew out of itself  

Who had time to look up