Monday, April 14, 2014

4/30

We lost our growing season there.

Down a red-dirt road past the county line
My tree house in the small woods by my house
Parking lots well-past midnight.

We were untouched yet.
We talked God
Futures
Endless babble of
What ifs.

Then it happened.
Valentine’s Day,
Day of all days
They said
You were sleeping in the backseat.

What if
Seatbelts
What if
God
A What if
Future -
It was taken from you.

Each year passes
We are privileged to grow old
And you,
My forever young friend
Sweet skinny boy
Long socks and glasses
You are still
Just seventeen.

Those small town kids –

They got old, too.
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