as a child, i can remember a particular song that i listened to on repeat...every breath you take. its a song that makes me think, of when I would lay out on the deck or run with the dog in the yard. Other memories of swimming in the pool to it, making up dives with a friend. i'd float along listening to it, staring up at the clouds. daydreaming with the hush of the water in my ears, watching birds fly by. letting my mind drift to the clouds, thinking of where the birds might be headed.
i'd lay on the warmed sidewalk, my white shepard by my side. heidi was my best friend. she knew all my secrets. she'd swim with me from time to time, just a small circle and then back out.
when my friend would come over, we'd sing our hearts out to this song & plenty of others. we were always swimming or climbing trees...
the song makes me think of warm summers spent in the sun. totally outdoors and totally my own. the melodies floating through my mind. i can remember the first time this song made me think of a boy and blush...
i remember building forts in the trees & crafting shacks in the back yard. other times this melody would be drifting over to me from the back yard. singing along to the refrain, thinking about the cool water's kiss & the other version of myself...
sitting in the bottom of the pool. still able to hear the song playing on the radio. it turned up so loud, but the neighbors never complained. sitting down in the bottom...open my eyes, let my nose go. just relax. i could sit down there for a few brief minutes. quiet. absolute quiet. it was so peaceful, serene. i'd think about my life, my future. about my world. my world. the one i lived in. the one i was growing up in. the one that was mine.
i thought about it a lot.
a song carries so many memories, some sweet, some happy, some bittersweet. i enjoy hearing the ones that make me think of those people whose lives have touched mine.
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