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a summertime's worth of liberation

   
    
The scent of honeysuckle    
infiltrates my memories  
conjuring long bike rides    
banana seats    
and double dipped ice cream cones    
   
Those first senses of teen freedom,    
watermelon jolly ranchers    
building forts    
making nightly fire pits    
for warding off mosquitoes    
   
From days first light    
until fireflies twinkle bright;  
being among those friends    
was sacred and profound, that group      
was certainty in friends forever
   
Having the time of your life (up until then)    
was cemented in all that glorious youth;    
night swimming amidst the jasmine    
that first kiss, from the red-headed boy    
that I always squealed was "Ewww"...    
   
Sprinklers, water balloons    
hide and seek in the dark;  
my favorite was Kick the Can    
being so scared while hiding,    
that I swear I was going to pee myself    
   
Sleepovers, prank calls    
mixed with attempts at light as a feather    
backyard camping, s'mores    
toilet papering houses    
lawn darts and jiffy popcorn    
   
Summer carnivals, illegal fireworks    
collecting money for "Jerry's Kids"    
sleeping in the cool basement    
watching this new novelty called MTV    
understanding in full what' being unique'   
   
really meant    
   
Discovering a solid sense of self    
without usual pressures    
an oasis of summertime stretched before me  
where latitude was happily given    
because out of their hair, was also their freedom    
   
And three months    
of successful 'emancipation'    
was it's own    
 
cherished reward    
   
   
   
   
 
 
 
Written by Bluevelvete
Published | Edited 16th Sep 2023
Author's Note
İBlu2021
Those summers where bike riding was freedom incarnate.... that very first sense of it.....
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