Feelings - update

Lately, life has been for the kids too afraid to grow up. The ones who sit on the swings on their elementary school playground, wishing time would freeze. The girl who just got into her dream school, who suddenly wishes she could go back to sleep. The group of boys taking off their jerseys, never to play a high school football game again. It’s bittersweet; it melts on your tongue.

Life has been suns setting and steam rising, the smell of fragrant new beginnings mixing with the lost scent of a fabric softener you haven’t used in five years. It’s funny how long we spend wishing for things to change, and when they do, we freeze.