The cool night air took me to

Another place.

Far back in my mind.

Where memories sometimes lurk

Until summoned by

A sound.

A smell.

A voice.

A carefree place filled

With laughter.

I could see it all.

Feel it all.

Sense it all.

Breathe it in.

I wonder if that place,

That time,

Still exists somewhere?

Where I am a child again.

Unaware of the horrors the world

Can hold.

Waiting for us to take

One wrong turn.

One false step.

Believe one too many lies.

Trust the wrong person.

Lest we are not vigilant.

Tonight I shall return again to breathe deeply.

To fill my lungs

And my mind.

Restore my Spirit.

If only for a moment.