I am a grasshopper

Laying on

The blanket 

I am on 

My back 

Looking

At the

Beautiful

Blue clouds.

The warm

May sun

Warms

My face.

I know at

My age 

The sun

Is 

Bad for 

My skin

But....

I lay out anyway.

I am 

By 

Myself

But

The wind 

Reminds

Me of the 

Past.

You and I

As 

Children

Playing 

In the 

Neighborhood.

We would

Lay in

The grass.

You 

Would 

Lay 

On your

Back.

I would lay 

Next to

You

But 

On my

Stomach.

I would

Put my

Chin

And face

In the 

Grass.

I would 

Pretend

I was 

A grasshopper.

Today

At age 

Forty something 

I got 

Off my 

Blanket

And layed

In the grass.

I whispered 

I am 

A grasshopper.

I heard your 

Voice 

Respond,

Then

Hop

To

Freedom.

I 

Layed in

The grass

With

The blades all 

Around

My neck.

I will

And I do.

I am a

Grasshopper

And

I 

Am

Free...

Finally.