They point out my sun burned face, my tired legs, my grass stained shirts, the scrapes up and down my arms, and my summer quickly ending. With my Shiner, overseeing my empty kingdom, I recall the optimism in Naomi s toothless smile, the pure mayhem in the young eyes of Adam, the joy in Dee s high-pitched laughter. We aimlessly chased each other through soccer fields and playgrounds. We threw each other into the pool. We reveled in the hot summer day and lifted our arms to the sky, praising summer and life and the ice cream lady and kickballs and delicious sno-cones and songs and canoes.
Life is a fun toy here.
We forget the confusion of the outside world, safe in our asylum of wonder. Every smile is a victory, every cheer is a poem, and every day is an adventure. I ll see myself sitting on that rooftop, sipping that beer, exhausted from living, watching the blue sky go pink, watching the pink sky go black, watching the stars bring out the celestial tapestry. Hey, I wrote this. I need feedback.