What It Felt Like

"What It Felt Like"

I remember what that felt like,

     when the world felt

     infinitely huge

     and yet

     every corner of it

at any point

     felt within my reach

just whenever

     I decided to move for it.

Distant lands

passed the silky haze

laying over the distant mountains

existing

among the frothy clouds

hundreds of miles away.

A world of wonder

that

got me thinking

that perhaps

the things I read were true.

Dragons and orcs and wizards

existed

just beyond the horizon.

What it felt like

     to get fifty dollars

     for your birthday

     to do with it

     what you wanted.

To be in the yard

     drenching sprinkler wet

     but yet 

     it was actually

from a thunderstorm battle

among the gods

settling a dispute

of who should rule.

To go to bed

     with the world within your reach.

It's why

     I give my niece

a hundred dollars and gifts

on her birthday,

so she can tell me tales

of her adventures

and

I can remember what it felt like.

-Armand Torres