I stole a piece of shade
Behind the red maple
And leaned into the crack of time
carved by the wind
Looking to memories of my innocence
Fractured scarlet samaras
By wind, Blown off course
And shivered vertigo
It was a past to difficult to release
And a future we knew nothing about

words © 2011 Malai Carrara
Photography copyright © Nausher Banaji
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