Sixteen

Just a memory

Do you remember the feeling of excitement:

The gooseflesh forming on your flesh

            Not due to cold but to adrenaline

The dancing beat of your heart at night

            A ballerina in your chest

The tickled smile that rises to your lips

            Not forced just playful and intense

The immortal feel of humanity 

            No one can stop you, nothing

                        Oh, to be sixteen!

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

a fun write of long ago and far away
even my grandkids are older than that but I'd love to do it all over again