We laid side by side, the group of us
Maybe 10 in all, no one was counting.
Shoulder to shoulder, gazing up into the daylight
Quite literally a circle of friends.
It wasn't long but the moment lasted forever
This wasn't something that we did
It was who we was.
The sun beamed down on our faces
Congratulating us on our accomplishment
We were together
As we should have been.
Soon a cloud covered the day
We all walked away from that place
Promising to meet there again
Because it was magical
Because it was destiny.
It never happened.
Like the Tower of Babel,
Speaking in varying tongues
Collapsed their progress;
Losing the sun in that pivotal moment
Stole away the efforts of tomorrow
No one ever went back.
That precious moment?
Lost.
I wonder if I'm the only one who looks back
Those wonderful months
Those wonderful days
That wonderful lunch hour
Us circled in the grass
Breathing in the sun.
It's night as I write this.
Just a few years have passed
May as well have been a lifetime...
More of a dream than reality, now.
But it was real
It was our moment
Moment in the sun.
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