Swinging

Up

And

Down

The playground

Is

My

Home.

‘So you’re still thinking of me, just like I know you should…’

I wonder if

She’s

Thinking

Of me

The air rushing

Into my

Face

‘I cannot give you everything, you know I wish I could.’

I imagine her eyes

I want to give her

Everything,

She deserves it all.

The swing comes up

‘I’m so high at the moment,’

Then down

‘I’m so caught up in this…”

The way she smiles

She’s perfect

Wait no, she’s not actually, lemme explain

You’re not gonna believe this,

But the more flaws she has,

The more perfect she is.

The more special she is.

‘Yeah we’re just young,’

I remember meeting her

At preschool

‘Dumb’

I remember laughing with her

Singing so loud we could barely breathe

In the car

‘And broke,’

I remember shopping with her

At this candy store

We wasted a ton of money

For some chocolates.

It was worth it.

‘But we still got love to give,’

I remember hugging her tightly

I’m never going to let go again.

I promised it that day.

‘While we’re young, dumb, young, young, dumb, and broke. Young dumb, young, young, dumb, and broke…’

The words fade away as I walk home,

But one lyric

Sticks out

‘Young, dumb, broke high school kids.’

That’s us.