Remember

being 16, going to concerts, the excitement of drinking beers by bonfires and chasing girls and smoking weed while sitting on the hoods of cars at four in the morning. Remember beaches and the hot sun and the slowly passing trails of clouds cutting light wounds in blue skies. Remember snowboarding and running and feeling every victory and failure with red-hot clarity. Remember the subtle buzz and burn of youth and how far away it seems even here, halfway through twenty six.

Wake up from dreams of childhood with tears in my eyes. Shower. Go to work.

Repeat.