“Swingset”

 

1. Take me back to that swingset in second grade

2. The one that brought me so high with one push

3. Pumping my legs

4. Backandforth

5. BackandForth

6. Higher,

7. Higher!

8. So close to the sun I could                        almost….grab it.

9. I close my eyes and I was Icarus.

10. Free with the wind and the clouds and the birds

11. All else didn’t exist.

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12. But Icarus

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13. Died.

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14. His wings disappeared

15. Like My Swing disappeared.  

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16. What happened!?

17. What happened to my Swingset!?

18. Its shrunken and rusty

19. Its broken and old

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20. Don’t take me back to that Swingset

21. Not worth my time.  

 

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By: Zoe Vaz      (Free Verse)      Composed 2/5/18