Reiterate

By Sahana Prabu

Posted on February 1, 2026

Cover Image Title: Grand Dance Performance in the Sky

Cover Image by: Chris L.

Classification: Photography

Specifications: Resized from 4032 X 3024 pixels

Year: 2026

Location: Ontario, Canada

IT was one of those days when the clouds looked so puffy 

That the sky appeared impossibly blue and flat. The pandemic was 

skeletal by then, so thin I wondered if it had meant anything at all.

That day, I saw a single eye floating in the shroud of clouds

From above, it watched three kids lying on

the sheer side of a hill waiting for their parents to return from the

grocery store. Too soporific to move, too blissful to fall asleep,

while I ran home to fetch a phone to capture it.

But it was already gone and I settled back on the hill.

Shoulder to shoulder with the others.

The wind and the dandelions were the page margins.

The stirred eye in the clouds was raw script.

Whenever I make memories, I always remember what the sky looked like.

My nostalgia loops because it is tamed by the sky.

Description: 

COVID-19 was a time that I learned to love fiercely, especially my friends. It was also when I learned what belonging looks like. This poem is a personal reflection on my nostalgia and my wanting to feel like I belong somewhere as I did a few years ago. The last few lines describe my entire childhood because I believe that remembering the weather makes memories much more real and meaningful.

[ Writing Editor: Anonymous. ]