Oh yes! I wish I'd read this before because by now I'd have read it a dozen or more times - if you know what I mean!
Love the thought of never growing up, living in a world of sweet make-believe where life is jumping in puddles and thunder is only mischievous angels slamming Heaven's gates!
There's a sweet juxtaposition of thought in this : ' The wild west witch would love me. As she brewed her dinner of souls. I'd have all my fine clothing. Bright and shiny none with holes.'
We all keep a child hidden in a corner of our current life ... we remain the same innocent soul in this spot of our memories ..... wishing to turn back a page or two ....... nicely said Tate ... we should keep a dream to follow ... yet we still wonder where did all those dreams go .. where will this road of grown ups take us .... and the question will never be answered ..
I used advise my children that we all have to be grown-up, but that doesn't necessarily mean that we have to become ADULTS. You expressed keeping alive the curious "pup" in us so well! bravo!
Oh, Tate, this was so unexpected and so filled me with that childhood sense of joy!! Thank you! We need to be whimsical in our thinking, we need an innocent corner in our souls, we need an open heart to ENJOY life after the storms. Utterly fantastic write--you captured that child of your youth and let us see that delightful lad!
I have this memory burnt onto my soul of the day before I turned ten. I was standing in the street, outside a friend's house, waiting for him to come out and play. For some reason I was brooding on the forthcoming birthday, the day I'd finally make double figures. I well remember thinking, 'Oh well, now I suppose I''ll have to grow up!'
Ah, know the lament so well. Remember thinking at twelve that life just couldn't get any better, now I know just how right I'd been. Count me in with your pack o' pups, Tate.
Excellent thought, easy read, just very well done!
I love this piece. It spoke to me on many levels. The WOO reference came shinning through as did one to a radio show I listen to a while back. Hmmm I wonder if that one was intended. Ever listen to the show "Dreamland" with Whitley Streiber?
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