after i came home from some alone time in public, i decided to take bagel on a jog. we run everyday, but i can’t remember the last time we went out on a walk when it was dark out. the night felt so welcoming. you could hear the breeze thru the bushes. the insects were alive and well. neighbors were busy with their reality in their homes and garages. i can’t pinpoint exactly what i felt, but running down my suburban street reminded me of the time in 9th grade when i snuck out my house to meet up with my girlfriend at the time. i was with the homie jeff. jeff and i walked at 2am to her neighborhood park. in the middle of all our conversing, jeff began to nod off on one of the benches. as he was asleep, my girl and i had our eyes on the pool. the pool wasn’t open, but that didn’t stop us from hopping the fence. all i could think about was lyrics from one of my favorite we the kings’ song, all again for you. in the song, travis sings
“i thought of you //
and the time we jumped the fence//
pool side stripped down//
we dove right in//"
it’s something alluring about having the chance to live out the lyrics to your favorite songs. i was excited but i was also too nervous to jump in with her. my excuse was jeff was tired, which he really was. looking back, i probably should have gone ahead and went for it, but whatever, things happen. we would spend the next two hours beating down our innocence with this new found freedom we were experiencing. it was teenage love at it’s finest, and much like tonight, it felt good. even if it was just for the time-being.
-ratha, 11:35pm, 3.29.17