Last night

I looked in your eyes

And saw a time

A time when we were different.

You and I and everyone else.

We were children with young faces

Large hearts and little guilt.

Alone our simple smiles could keep us happy.

We'd sit together eating lunch

French fries, grilled cheese, and milk.

"Don't play with your food"

But we didn't care

Because we were making a memory.

Lazily lying in the sun

We idled away the day

Slapping at our mosquito bites.

After nine, under the stars

Sitting in a circle,

We'd play our silly games.

The songs we sung

Jokes we told

And stories read

I will keep with me

Forever and a day

Within the twinkle of my eye.

This is where

I hold my thoughts of

You and I and everyone else

I thank you for being there.