My friend Deeksha writes beautiful poetry and has been subjected to my using her as my muse more times than I can remember now. Since you’re here, this is the poem this piece was based on:

Senior Moment

Old books and Scrabble tiles and
Worn tees and chipped smiles and
News clippings and pressed flowers and
Long letters and golden hours and
Basically the fact that if endurance had a colour
It would be yellow