i saw a child on a bike today
he reminded me of my youth
of days where i would ride all day
never worried about anything
except the summer passing too soon
and it always did pass too quickly
my youth, like summer ended early
days of bike riding replaced
by an adulthood come too fast
the fort in the woods forgotten
when i had to be the adult
as my mom fell deeper in a bottle
i grew up while most kids
still had a summers of playing
