A Happy Memory

July 21, 2014

Rain

It was so cold,

We wandered through the woods to seemingly nowhere

Just because

Not even talking, just walking

It was raining, it was a nice feeling

My sweater was soaked, pulling me down

Although my mind felt weightless

My makeup ran down my face into mascara tears

We looked lovely

We walked along the train tracks slipping on the little rocks

Our silly laughter of nothingness ringing in our ears

Over the white sound of the rain came

Distant screams of a train

We held on to each other

Oblivious to our chattering teeth and shaking fingers

We waited

Its blue front came around the trees

Its lights caught on rain drops one after another

It flew past our faces

A passenger train,

The people it held

Gawked at the children standing in the cold

From inside they watched our faces fly by theirs

And in a second they were gone

We were robbed of our breath

Forcing us back

We burst

Everything was wonderful

Our smiles, not for a second slipped from our cold washed faces

We were so content, with everything, everyone

For a moment perhaps we were in love,

With life, with being a teenager, with each other

Our eyes wide with amazement,

We laughed.

That was the happiest I’ve ever been

I was in love with everything

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