Hoodie

Hoodie

You stayed by my side.

I carried you everywhere.

You warmed my soul,

And I reciprocated your affection.

One gloomy morning, I awoke,

Looking around for your vibrant glow,

But you were no longer there.

I screamed, knowing no other reaction.

I yelled and whined for what seemed like days.

I listened to my mother’s stomps, motivated by

The unnerving and unanticipated commotion,

And then the realization hit me like a brick wall:

Her kindness was my demise.

I watched you spin with the water.

Round, and round, and round again,

Not knowing when the rotating would cease.

You were trapped in a metal cage,

And no matter how much I mustered,

I could not free you from that hell.

Every cycle, I listened to you swish and thud.

I listened to your silent cries for help,

And with every revolution, I watched

As our adventures together washed away.

"Fear not," my mother whispered.

"You will be reunited one day."

I nodded blindly to her blatant lies,

Eyes glued to my whirling red mess.

As the swishing slowed,

And the timer finally ticked down to zero,

I gingerly picked up my lifeless hoodie,

Dripping water like tears falling from my cheek,

Knowing my true love would never be the same.

And then I threw it in the dryer.