Manchild / by renee mckenna

I feel sad, you say, you don't know why.

You hug the dog, neither of you puppies anymore.

I feel it too, like a breeze that blew past you and now I feel the chill.

The chill of time past. 

cucumbers turned to pickles can never turn back. 

Spring is over, the end of childhood.

I miss that little guy, always running, chasing sister, playing toad stew with Carrie.  

Scared to sleep alone. Now your braver. So much bigger. 

You the manchild. Me the crone.