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Six Thirty

Cover artwork by Ekam Bedi, age 14, India

Fiorella Alfonso

January 15, 2025

Department: Poetry

Issue: Music and Art

One afternoon, sitting under the moonlight,
Chatting, laughing, and playing without worrying about what was to come.
Remembering all those childhood moments:
Dancing, singing, and shouting.
How old will you be in 5 years? asked one of them
21, why? she responded.
The question remained floating in that conversation,
Because I’m leaving for five years,
but this song will continue to unite us
until the day we meet again, he answered.
There, she understood everything.
They would take different directions,
but since the world is round,
they could meet again one day.
From that moment, at six thirty,
that song would be the connection between both of them,
That farewell in September
would be painted on both hearts,
and the song would be the resurfacing
of the love they once had.
Because sometimes it’s good to start over.

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Fiorella Alfonso is 14 years old and is from Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. She likes reading and writing. Fiorella is passionate about playing handball and really enjoys traveling and visiting new places.