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Weekly Contest #253
My childhood was gone. Years I had longed to be over and then they were all too soon. How did it happen so fast? Yet here I am: thirty-seven, homeless and at the moment higher than the stars. There were bad days then, but not so bad as this. Days when dad didn’t come home. Days when I was bullied and spit upon. But there was happiness in it, too. The simple pleasure of sitting around and talking. Laughing. Baking cookies. Playing catch. The “golden moment” of dusk when the light of the sun caught the air just right, leaving you breathless. ...
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