"Childhood Summer Days"
Lyrics written in the summer of 2024
In the golden days of summer, where the fields would meet the sky,
We'd run barefoot through the meadows, chasing fireflies,
With laughter on the breeze, and the sunshine on our face,
Every moment seemed a treasure, in that carefree place.
Oh, the childhood summer days, where the world was wide and free,
Underneath the shady oak, by the whispering willow tree,
With the river's gentle flow, and the skies so bright and blue,
In those endless summer days, every dream would come true.
We'd build castles in the sand, by the sparkling shore,
With the waves as our companions, and the seagulls' soaring roar,
We'd fish from wooden docks, watch the sunset paint the sky,
And tell stories 'round the campfire, as the stars lit up the night.
Oh, the childhood summer days, where the world was wide and free,
Underneath the shady oak, by the whispering willow tree,
With the river's gentle flow, and the skies so bright and blue,
In those endless summer days, every dream would come true.
Do you remember the swing that hung from the old oak tree?
We'd fly high to touch the clouds, oh, how we'd believe,
In the magic of the moment, in the wonder of the day,
In the joy of being children, where we'd laugh and play.
Now the summers come and go, and the years, they swiftly pass,
But the memories still linger, like the shadows on the grass,
Though we’ve grown and moved along, in our hearts we still find,
The echoes of those summer days, forever intertwined.
Oh, the childhood summer days, where the world was wide and free,
Underneath the shady oak, by the whispering willow tree,
With the river's gentle flow, and the skies so bright and blue,
In those endless summer days, every dream would come true.
In the twilight of our lives, when the day begins to fade,
We’ll remember those sweet summers, in the golden glow of shade,
For the magic of those moments, will forever light our way,
In the timeless warmth and wonder, of those childhood summer days.
"Meadow"
A poetic take on the first lyrics I ever wrote.
The tears in my eyes are drying
no one see it, I walk alone
I've a feeling as if I'm dying
Feel like a queen without a throne
Two years that he took away from me
Two years of feeling insecure
I wish'd he just had let me be
I wish'd I just had found a cure
No more tears in the night for me
No more happy laughter and smiles
I wish'd he just had let me be
I wish'd we hadn't walked these miles
The yellow yarrow blooming in spring
As I'm walking through the meadow
My mind is circling 'round this thing
My body's restless but I'm walking slow
"The Ray of Sun"
My first take on writing a vignette.
That little throb. Every single time my heart beats, I feel the throb. Like the tiniest current going through, or perhaps over my body.
The room is light. I can tell, even with my eyes closed. I do a mental body status report, as I slowly wake up. Something I have done since early childhood.
First toes. Hello toes! Moving them so it looks like I am trying to make a flirtatious little wave - but with my feet. All good. They work and seem happy. Moving on. Moving up. Hello legs! Moving them a little about. Feel the pressure in my bladder as I try to lift them, and quickly let them fall down again.
What time did I get home yesterday? It must have been late, but I am not entirely sure. I open my eyes a bit, and try to assess the time from looking at the position of the sun.
My phone is probably somewhere around, as is my watch. But who knows. The sun is coming in from the east window, so it must be fairly early. At least before noon, anyway.
Oh! I was doing my Body Status Report. How far did I get? Oh yes. Legs working. Moving upward. Doing a kegel. Feel retraction both front and back. Do one more for good measure. All seems to be working as intended this morning.
My eyes catch a ray of sun going through the window, as it hits specs of dust on its uninterruptable way. It also hits the snow globe from London. I would have thought something magical like a crazy kaleidoscope effect would happen, if I shone the world's biggest light source at that snow globe, but it just fractions the light and makes a rainbow on the beige wall behind it. Disappointing.
I close my eyes slowly. I should make a mental note, that eyes has been checked and are working at nearly 100%, so no need to go over them later in the report. I put a hand on my tummy. I rub it a little, in a caressing way. I never figured out how to include my tummy in the Body Status Report, but never wanted it to feel left out. So it always gets a little rub.
I stretch my back out as much as I can. Now pushing my hip first left, then right. Lift my lower back. Rolling shoulders. Wow. I am on a roll here! So many checks. And I already did eyes earlier. I need to move faster though! I need to get up really quick.
I let my fingers move, one hand outside the duvet, the other inside. The one that rubbed my tummy just before. My fingers move like a pianist getting ready to play something so very delicate and beautiful, that they would use the tiniest movements of the joints.
I let my fingers rest again. I feel the urge to pee move from discomfort to almost pain. I cross my legs under the duvet and move my hip back and forth in a comforting motion.
Fingers done! Everything so far is working today. Making sure I relax my fingers, I move to my hands. Moving my hands up and down, stretching the wrists. Now left and right. I actually know that one hand already works, as it did the belly rub, but I don't want it to feel excluded from its full test. Both is working well this morning, albeit left wrist seems sore. Like a light sprain. Did I fall yesterday? I did not feel any pain in my knees when doing the leg test, so if I did, it must have been a mild one. Mental note of left wrist.
I never really knew how to best check my arms. So doing what I have been doing for many years, I let my arms move outward, left hand leaving my tummy, causing relief, as its weight is removed from my bladder. About half way out, frozen in a snow angel move, I lock my shoulders and bend at elbows until hands are touching my hips.
I have only neck and head left, but I need to stop. My bladder is giving up on me. Shouting for my attention. Head will take a while to test, with all its small check points, even though eyes are already tested and working.
I sit up, turn left and make my legs go to the edge of the bed, then to the floor. One fluid motion and I am sitting on the bed. I feel a dribble of urine escape, as I move to stand.
I partly walk, partly stumble and partly run to the bathroom. Luckily it is adjacent to the bedroom and it takes only nineteen steps with normal walk. The movements I am doing right now, would look really weird to a bystander, and I am not sure if they are more or less effective, than a normal walk. Maybe a bit more. Maybe only 15 steps is needed and I am more than half way there already.
A little trickle of pee runs out and makes my left thigh wet. Weird it only hits one thigh, though. The bathroom door is always open so I can enter without any obstruction. I turn around and sit down in one and same movement. No time to remove panties. I assess the damage as I best can, as the great comfort of emptying my bladder spreads through my body. My tummy relaxes. My bladder contracts. My breathing gets a bit more controlled. A little got on the toilet seat. Quite some got on the floor about 3 ft from the toilet. I cannot determine how much got out in the bed, but it felt like it wasn't a lot.
I will have to change the bed. But first, I must take a shower. As I sit there. Almost adult, with wet underwear, and my head hanging, I lift my gaze. From the bed I was looking at before and to the bookcase. I see the snow globe on top of it. The ray of sun no longer hitting it. Letting my gaze slide to the right. Unless the sun decided to go northbound this morning, I should be able to find it again. It takes a little while, as the sun has moved upward on the sky as well, now hitting the wall a bit different.
I find it approximate ten inches to the right of before. But also maybe three inches lower. I was far off, when I searched for it. Like feet away! But there it is. Still in the vicinity of my snow globe from London, but without hitting it. It just hits the wall. No refraction. No rainbow. Just a ray of sun on the wall.