Getting Older

Now I know they say you're only as old as you think you are but lets face it.
Things stop working like they should, the bones get achy, mind starts go and you realize that you can't run for that winning touch down pass like you used to because if you try you will have a heart attack in the process.

This morning while laying in bed the wind began to howl and rattle the windows in my house. It made the same kind of noise my parents house would make back home in west Texas. It took me back to the days when I would ride my bike with my friends in the park, back when it was safe to be a child in the park. The football games we played in the dirt, the capturing of bugs, and gossiping over which girls we had crushes on. It made think about the desert air, how it smelled sweet at night. How we would hang on the porch with the radio playing this new music called rap and oldies thinking we were bad asses. The wind blew again and made the windows rattle and it made me think how much I miss my childhood friends, my toys, my room, and just the freedom of being a child. Not having to worry about bills, gas prices, cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and the other shit that life throws at you.

There should be a law that states you should able to act like a child for 1 week out of the year without being tossed in the loony bin. Maybe if we see the world through the eyes of children again, we will do more to make a better place.