The Good Old Days

Dedicated to Donald J. Hall and Anthony R.T. Hall

Can’t stop thinking about:
Cake, hot dogs and the Chili Peppers;
Parties that lasted through too-short weekends
And live on in our memories;
Dancing like fools in bars
Because none of us cared what we looked like –
We only cared about how the music
Moved us.

Can’t stop thinking about:
What it felt like to have a real family:
A brother and sister who loved me,
And a mother who actually cared;
That long car ride home
From a place I never
Should have left for in the first place.

Can’t stop thinking about:
Driving 90 miles an hour down the interstate
So we could fly even faster through rapids
That made our hearts pound
And our adrenaline rush.

Can’t stop thinking about
The good old days,
And how, without you,
They’re definitely done.

July 27, 2012