A gift

A truth

Fireworks from my Grandma's roof

Distilled desire in a Pepsi can

I drink it while I'm young

While I still can

A few pounds over par

But a shot to the green

A hovering hope

The size of a SCREAM

Your eyes and something

I had never had

Made skinned knees and splinters

Hardly seem as bad

An icy cold December

A New Year's revelation

He sat and ate my heart out

I suffered through starvation

A pause

A tremble

It sounded so fun

But the Pepsi can is empty

The fireworks are done

My mother's in the shallow end

And as I'm diving in

I remember that July

When I learned (again)

How to swim