Treasures

a golden ray of morning sunlight twinkling
with a beautiful woman smiling down on you
hound dog whiskers brushing your cheek ...

finally figuring out how to tie your shoes
watching cowboy and war movies with your dad
feeling a baseball hit the sweet spot of a bat
teaching your little brother how to fish and he hooks one

dreaming about kissing that pretty girl in homeroom
getting on the road in your first car by yourself
finding the nerve to ask a girl out and she says yes
the kaleidoscopic feeling of spinning her around the floor

aching muscles but feeling proud of a hard day's work
finding the love of your life and holding her tight
rain tapping on the roof of a thunderstormed night
watching your little girl talk to stuffed animal friends
holding your mom’s careworn hand and caressing it...

silver moon rising over a field of lightning bugs

Runnells, Iowa '18