Summer of 1975

For so long, it felt like an accident
As if time
suddenly ran out of, well,
time
After all,
what manner of reality could possibly be this perfect

Sure, it was a bit hot,
but the days were long
From sun rise to sunset,
moments filled time's journey
with so much imagination
We had it all,
at least until the streetlights screamed
then,
it was time to outrace darkness and find home again

We knew it wasn’t forever,
nothing ever is
But somehow
hope lingered
and with hope,
everything is possible