Shining

Laughter drips off of ice cream cones

And trickles over pinky promises

Melting into nights that smell like summer

But feel like fall

And slippery skin from sprinkler summers

Dries like wavy sun-streaked hair

Collage cut-outs of high-heeled careers

And ken doll boyfriends with race car souls

Imaginary scrapbooks of a crayon-colored life

Juice box promises and secret-code oaths

Locked away with origami records

Beneath shrouds of sleeping bag secrecy

Reviews

[arbitrary jane]

such a sharp, clear photograph.
a worthy ode on an chapter we'd all love to hold and keep and polish.
absolutely shining.

[Ladysue]

This is flows effortlessly with all the things that make friendships so special...it reminds me of when I was younger too...great title too...loved this...beautiful poetry...

[LA Lorena]

Oh, I love this! It makes me think of spending time with my friends when I was a young girl, all the crazy notions we had of how life would be, the dreams we had for the future...it was all so perfect in our mind's eye. Reality settles in soon enough, it is nice to have those foolish schoolgirl optimisms for that short time, when we don't know any different. This is awesome!