In the past
When I was four
I would open that old drawer
Take the cassette
look at the cover
and watch it on my TV set.
The Aristocats
here’s a toast
to the movie
I’ve watched most
To the joy you’ve brought me
and my nice family
and all the days in between
I’ve sang your songs
all joyous and long
so the whole wide world could know
I know your plot
inside and in a knot
and there is nothing else I need to know.
Thank you The Aristocats,
for if it weren’t for you,
I simply wouldn’t be me too.
I am from…
I am from controllers
From screens and buttons
I am from the old gray couch
The sound of my dog greeting me
I am from the bluebonnet
The tree whose branches brushed my face every time I walked by
I’m from trips to Arizona and playing games
I’m from Angela and David
I’m from watching TV and playing with my Dad
And from leaving every Christmas
I’m from num nums and pasghetti
And the Birthday Song
I’m from meeting with the Gabbards
I’m from Arizona and Korea
And spaghetti and macaroni
From me putting my head in my Mom’s salad
The salad my Mom was eating.
I’m from all of these amazing memories about my life
All of the amazing memories I keep in my heart
I could smell it.
I could smell the Earth.
It was about to rain.
Plip! Plop! It drizzles down in a flash.
It falls everywhere.
All you can see is the rain.
You can feel the dirt turn to sludge.
You can hear the crash of thunder in the distance.
The dark clouds loom over you ominously.
It is dark, dank, and cold.
Nobody is around.
It is dark, dank, cold, and lonely.
Just like it started, it was over.
The clouds moved on to other lands.
The rain faded away into morning dew,
and rainbows crossed the sky.
As a side note, I’m going to try to get the word of the week to be on Sundays.