finding myself in this familiar place
swimming through the memories
the tips of my toes touching the water first
breaking through the surface
swimming with the fish and the turtles
the muffled sounds of the world above us

climbing back on the splintered wood
the paint chipping and the dragonflys loitering
the dogs barking
the small waves banking on the sea wall
the thin towel under me
reflections of the sky in the droplets of water on my skin
the golden light wrapped around me

finding myself in this familiar place
walking through the memories
the tips of my toes poking through the grass
smelling the same summer evening blooms
the fireflys teasing me in the meadow
the sound of fireworks cracking across this lake

getting back in my head
that familiar place
swimming through the memories
lingering longer with certain ones
wondering how the time goes like it does
and sinking in to the happiness of where that time has taken me