So young were the days we dreamed.
Innocent
filtered streets were so inspired –
as the growth of our minds never tired.
We grew up here, born & raised;
in the energy of a city where so many memories
were saved. Laughter envied skies
always seemed to overshadow days filed with clouds
during tough times when the hardships
of life watered our eyes.
We found discovery here, born & raised;
in a place and through a time when the truth of self
challenged expectations of who we were,
who we had to be and defied
our tomorrow’s history.
And we found independence here, born & raised;
inside the influence of playgrounds where we learned
how to hope and believe, we found places where
we could shape our hearts free and truly achieve
and on sidewalks where our shadows’ childhood will forever
be,
we found a different way to live through new beginnings
and new reasons for growth;
born & raised — right here,
in the heartbeat of a city that brought us together
as one freedom.
© 2013
Tarringo T. Vaughan
