Sprinklers in the Rain

I wrote this piece forever ago for a best friend who was leaving for college nearly 3000 miles away from home. It was inspired by one of the first, and best memories I had with him. I hope you enjoy.

Our youth is the time where we discover who we are

 It’s the time where we find bliss and happiness in the little things we do with our friends

 It’s the time when we make mistakes, lots of them, but at the same time learning from them and becoming better people because of them

 It’s when we discover our identities, and get our first taste of freedom and independence

We adventure, we wonder, we have our first kiss, and we have our first heartbreaks

We spend our afternoons exploring, and stretch our nights till midnight

We long of travel to distant places, places that offer new opportunities and chances

We leap off the edge of our seats with excitement when some new door is opened

But at the same time, we stay back

Fearing the unknown

Fearing the trouble we might face for making the wrong decision

Fearing the judgement that lies around each corner

 

 

So, as we leap off, we leap with hesitation

But it is this hesitation that propels us to go further

To go farther than we ever thought we could

So, I say, dance through your youth and your life like how we dance through sprinklers in the rain

Full of life and excitement

Hesitating at the start, but going for it anyway

Because as the young say, you only live once.

Reviews

[charlie]

We may leap - a little. As you get older and look back at some key moments in life you might also see things as having culminated beyond your design. That some things (not all) happened along the way that could not have had anything to do with your intention nor forethought. You could look back later on and, although you may be in free fall still, notice clear moments of grace had steered the course now and then ... Sometimes.