So young, so long ago

Just yesterday.

Invincible forever.

Running blindly into each day

No consequence.

Pushing, shoving for the back seat in the rain

Chewed up tickets on the roof

Balls of string flying out the windows

All of us laughing.

I shrank when you laughed at me

I grew when you became my friend.

When the sun shone we crossed the pipe

All of us laughing and teasing

Hoping someone would fall.

Then the road came

With its mounds of dirt

Some took to their bikes

Bob-Down showing off, falling off

“Watch this”, face in the dirt

And we laughed

Falling to the ground

Holding tight our sides.

Was it yesterday?

Last week?

Last year?

In the morning my eyes open

And

for a moment

I feel like that again

Hitching up my skirt

Rushing off to school

I’m a rock star

Ready for the bitching

Waiting for the laughter

Dying for the walk home

Ravos from Wavo

Pumped for all the fun

So young so long ago

Just yesterday

Today I feel so old.

Emma

xxxxxx

I heard, maybe read recently, something about the learning we do between the ages of about 14 – 24. I can’t remember exactly what they said regarding the learning but it ended with whom ever it was saying “The same is true for the friends we make during that same time frame. We may move on, grow up, never see each other again – but there is always a special place in our hearts for those friends who helped us become the aldults we are today.”

So true.