Clearwater

It is a stolen kiss and the chance we take;

It is forgiveness for the mess we made and the deal we make;

It is the first time jumping naked in a freezing cold lake…

It is to dance when stillness would be a mistake.

I remember a freckled face wrinkled in a girl’s frown

Because I had to go home, because the sun was down.

I wish I had known

Just how not very far I could go alone…

I wish I had never found out

What it’s like to live in a world that’s round.

But back then my world was maybe four-feet-two

And we ran under a summer of flawless blue

Don’t tell me I can’t find Happiness

 I know how to get there…

I am no stranger to tan feet and long blonde hair,

Or how her azure eyes closed when she kissed a boy.

Don’t tell me I haven’t found joy.

8.22.2006