remember when

remember when.
remember when we were young
and life was a big easter egg hunt?

remember when.
remember when
we used to share secrets
and giggle for no reason?

remember when we were both
young and the sun was the
colour of our hair?

remember when.
remember when
small bare feet slapped
against hot sand?

when we threw ourselves
at the world with abandon

and we were caught?

remember when.
remember when
we’d fight over bunk beds
and make forts with thread
bare sheets?

when prized possessions
were twigs and grass
stones and sea shells?

remember when.

remember when.
remember when
you was all i ever needed?

us against the world.
we were warriors
wiry wiggly giggly warriors.

remember when.
remember when
life was freshly mowed lawn
and rolling beaches
and frothy surf?

remember when.
remember when
we rode our bikes
out to the horizon
just because we could
and we chased the moon
back home?

remember when.
remember when
we were small
but our hearts and
smiles were big?

when we traded cards
and played marbles
and lived in awe
of ants and shongololos?

remember when.
remember when
the sky was our canopy
bikes our chariots
and hills our castles?

remember when.
remember when
we owned the world
and we shared it with everyone?

what happened then?