His unruly mop of dark sunshine rests gently against my shoulder. My hand trembles a little in his soft squeeze. The fearful words crowd my tongue. He doesn’t know yet. He still doesn’t know. The words push for release. Please. Just one more moment. If only love could stop time.

Charly Chow (she/her) is a London-based poet and storyteller. Dyspraxia and ADHD are part of Charly’s neural make-up, but they don’t define her. Her work appears in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Curio Cabinet Magazine and Duck Duck Mongoose Magazine among others. You can find her on Twitter at @whatcharlywrote.