Do you remember
Many years ago
When were young
How we use to play together?
Everyday?
It seems like yesterdays
The childhood world
Of clowns and cotton candy
And the summer days
That never seemed to end
When we played hide n' seek
From four o' clock to dusk
Then sat outside on someone's porch
And listened to the crickets
And slapped away mosquitoes
And talked about our dreams
And what we'd do when we grew up
Until our mothers called us in
And do you remember
That one winter when it snowed
For days and days on end
And we tried to build an igloo
Like the Eskimos?
Or when we made a game
Of raking leaves
All up and down the street
Until we'd made the biggest pile
The world has ever seen
And then we jumped in it!
Or how the time
We gathered applesFrom your yard
And sold it to the neighbors?
And the grand day when finally
The training wheels came off our bikes
And we were free
To explore the world
In an afternoon
So long as we stayed
On our own street
But those days passed by furtively
And we grew up, as children do
Until we reached a day when we
Assumed we were too grown up
To play amid the trees on summer nights
And when i see you now
You have changed in ways i cant explain
You're like a rose that blooms before its time
And falls victim to
The February frost
And your face is pale and green
You do not look well
I see you scowling at the street
From the window in your room
Its so rare to see you smile anymore
And when a truck pulls up outside
You run downstairs and out the door
With a suitcase in ur hands
And the truck speeds away
And the boy next door is gone
And long once more
For the summer days
When i stood on ur porch
And bangged on your door
And begged you to come outside
To greet the afternoons adventures
Won't you come out to play, once more?
For we are still so young
-R.E.C.
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Rachaels Picks
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