blackberry-and-pomegranate soda

“blackberry-and-pomegranate soda” (timestamp: 3:10) was inspired by a real-life event of mine, where I was with my close friends in a local pottery cafe, drinking — you guessed it — blackberry-and-pomegranate Italian Soda as we painted mugs and other ceramic figures. The cafe I remember from my childhood had closed down due to COVID, so this new cafe was at the same time nostalgic and a new experience.

This poem is about growing up, and how some things remain the same while others change, and it talks about worry for the future as well as having fond memories of the past.