There Used To Be Four
JENNIFER QUIROZ
Hardwood, soft face
Childhood safe space
Kodak pictures, white wall
Photographer's daughter
Falling salt water
Staring through the eyes of my father
Setting sun beyond the sea
Pantheon, Italy
Loudest laugh I've ever seen
Smile like a movie scene
cll I needed was
To remember what
It felt like before
Now there's just three of us
Trying to find meaning cause
There used to be four
That five-year-old didn't know
When her dad was gonna go
How it felt to see a heart rate fall
Setting sun beyond the sea
Pantheon, Italy
Loudest laugh I've ever seen
Smile like a movie scene
Capturing family
Protecting memories
It's all coming back to me
cll I needed was
To remember what
It felt like before
Now there's just three of us
Trying to find meaning cause
There used to be four