Snapshot of a memory...

child with ice-cream by ~bluind on deviantART

Warm summer evenings... Sunlight fades away to dusk...
Delightfully exhausted after a day of running and frolicking through the sprinklers, I sink down into the lush green grass in my backyard. I watch the clouds lazily drift by in between the branches of the towering pine trees. I reach down by my sides and run the long, cold slender grass between my fingers....


teeth in the grass by ~ypsilanti on deviantART

Later, after the hand-cranked ice cream is ready, I happily (and sloppily) lick away at my heaping bowl of the cold, delicious, chocolaty treat. Every other mouthful is slightly tinged with tiny droplets of the salty water that must have seeped into the can during cranking. The sweet mesquite smell of the grilled chicken on the BBQ lingers in the air as I listen to the laughter of my parents and their friends is soon drowned out by the soft singing of Phil Collins

When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do
Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing in my ear
Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love

I close my eyes and begin to sway to the music, forgetting all about my ice cream melting on the porch as I twirl around until I fall dizzy back into the grass...
Now, as i look up, between the towering pine trees i see the stars glowing brightly, winking at me..
They know that this won't last...


Starry Night by ~mokatua on deviantART