All I need is a Porch.

Back home porches have fans and they are usually screened in. "Why?", you ask. Because people in Louisiana like to sit on their porches all the time. Day, night, evening, midnight, whenever they want. The fans are for comfort the screens are for safety.

All I need is a porch.

In my neighborhood, if you saw someone sitting on their porch it was practically an invite to go talk to them. You didn't talk about you or them, or love or high school. You talked to them about life and issues. About feelings, emotions, and just whatever you wanted. The stars, the sky, ghosts, and aliens- there was no limit.

All I need is a porch.

I remember a time when every night before I went to sleep, I would sneak out, hop the fence, walk around to my front yard and just sit on my porch. I would just sit there and listen to everything. The cars, the animals, the people- everything. But, honestly I couldn't tell you the last time I did that. I've lost that.

All I need is a porch.

When I dated Cuteface- he and I would always climb up on the roof of the garage of his house, and just lay there staring at the stars. We wouldn't need to talk or even touch. Just being there was enough. Who says that when you're with someone you have to speak. There is such a thing as a comfortable silence. With Corey, every silence was comfortable.

All I need is a rooftop.

And yet, all I have is this old hotel room deemed as being my home for the rest of first year.


Tomorrow; I will think.
Tonight; I will cry.
In later years, I will have the most B.A porch ever with a staircase or a ladder to my roof so that I can think whenever I deem necessary.



Peace, Love, and Porches.