Sunday, September 6, 2009

Childhood Friendship

We played cowboys and Indians, Batman and Robin
Or Speed Racer in the streets of youth
We sailed on cloudy ships through the sky of dreams
Fancied ourselves pirates
We dug tunnels in my back yard
Ran through fields of corn,
And swam in muddy Kentucky water
We suffered sunburns, bee-stings, and lectures from almighty mom
And now, when all is said and done
After 30 years have come and gone
I wonder, are we anything more than this?
More than childhood friends?
Are we more than hopeful dreamers, schemers
More than actors on a stage?
The world is a bigger place now, a new playground
The stakes are higher, but we are none the wiser
I think that we are still just two lazy boys
Fishing
Under a golden sun