Teenage Fantasies, Adult Travesties
- Daniela Peña Lazaro

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Recently, on an internet-less flight, I decided to go through my notes app. Unexpectedly, I came across several pieces of writing, many of them from years ago, and found myself wishing they could finally see the light.
Here’s one of them:

Teenage fantasies
Adult travesties
Bijouterie
Posing as real things.
Posing as aquamarine
A blinding shade of teal
A lost pursuit at sea
To find what was underneath.
Underneath tidal waves
Above the siren’s voice
Beyond the rehearsed grace
And the unnatural poise.
Inside a hard shell
Topping grains of sand
An iridescent pearl
Promising to last.
Teenage fantasies
Adult travesties
Bijouterie
Posing as real things.
Posing as sapphires
As spontaneous wildfires
As magical matches
That are nothing but ashes.
Ashes that fade
That blow with the wind
Taking with them
All my childish dreams.




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