We Hide and Do Not Seek

July 4, 2015

We used to sneak out at 2am

rolling downhill in freshly dewed grass

We used to catch fireflies that would eventually die

convinced that leaves would sustain their lives

We used to scale brick walls

climb the highest trees and JUMP!

We used to spend whole days in the woods

foraging for "food" just to skip lunch

We used to trespass in junk yards

tiptoe in graveyards

We used to roll grass cigarettes

and go hard with Pokemon cards

We were Rugrats

We were Jesse Aaron and Leslie Burks

We were the Goonies

Our theme song was Stand by Me

We were free

there was no dare that we dared back down from

no risk not worth the risk

but we bring ourselves down

we hold ourselves back

We need to open our eyes

so that we may once again see

this big bad world that we live in -

can be awesome, wild, and free

no reason for it not to be

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