September 14, 2014 Written for The Light and Shade Challenge.
Inspired by a quote from Doctor Who: "There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes."
"Once for Nostalgia"
The wind was steady, a consistent
stream of chill, perfectly contrasting the sun's heat. I listened to
everything: the kids' gleeful laughter, the shaking autumn leaves, and the
thudding little sneakers against the pesky wood chips I remembered picking out
of my shoes.
The rubber strap of the swing was
not nearly as comfortable at fifty-seven. I couldn’t bend my knees to fly
higher, like I used to, and the thin chains weren’t easy for an old man’s
arthritic fingers to grasp, but there was so much there to appreciate, fifty
years wiser—a different view through the same eyes.
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