by Phillip Knox

Created on: March 07, 2009

I remember those ocean blue twilight skies

in the sunshine state of California

as a child i played in fields of grass

and rode my bike in the streets of Pacoima.

It was never a boring day for my brothers and I

break dance music and spanish flies,

black dahlias and lotus roses

captivated the sight of young male children;

though all of the same kind,

but different in gender

we mingled until dusk of dark.

Always anticipating December

Christmas unbound the child's imagination

and in Spring kytes soared high,

yet the summer brought the first crush

all so sweet in the touch of a butterfly.

Those were the years of dreams,

and golden moments

when all could be accomplished

in the gentle aura,

under the skies of California.

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