youthful memory...
early awakenings
embracing the day
bluejeans and a pair of
high-top tennis shoes,
breakfast with family
walks in the woods
and talks with birds that
did not want to be there;
a fortress out of wood
we built in the trees
and dug out a hole
in the ground that we
covered with tree limbs,
all of which were secondary
to the campfire we made
cooking eggs and bacon
between slices of Wonder Bread;
years later when we had
reached our teens, those
wooded areas were gone,
replaced by homes and
sidewalks on which some
rode bicycles while others
walked their dogs... it was
no longer the same as it had
been remembered and I
wondered if I had really
done any of that at all.
20 October 2021
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