Wonderful Bliss by Whitney Osburn

Wonderful Bliss by Whitney Osburn

If October is like pumpkins then May is like flowers.

If October is like candy being dumped in a bucket,

Then May is like flowers being put in a jar.

If October is like getting much cooler,

Then May is like much warmer.

Earlier today I went on a bike ride

Down a windy road, nature was beside me

As I pedaled faster, earlier today I heard

Birds chirping, leaves falling and

Branches cracking, earlier today it was

Cool in the shade as the wind touched

Against my warm face, earlier today

Trees stood beside me, as if I

Was riding through a parade,

With tons of spectators watching from

The side, earlier today I rode around a corner

Passing gates and trees, going no where.

And this too was early in the morning.

The sun was just rising over the tree tops,

The sun lit up the cemetery like never before.

It was a perfect day to stop and enjoy grandmas

Headstone, but I had to ride on.

Once in a dream I had ended up underwater.

Whith things that could not possibly be real,

They had faces and hair, their bodies were hard,

And they had fins for legs. They danced around

And wanted to take me down under the blue

Sea where it got real dark, my feet got tense,

Something was pulling me under, I was drowning.

I never thought life could be so hopelessly happy with just you

And me dancing hand in hand, laughing uncontrollably, I never

Thought I would want to grow up, I loved pretending and doing

Things our parents did like dancing and holding hands, it was out

First dance, just like my sister said, someone would always be left out.

 

Believe me what happened next was unheard of,

So big I was stunned, I could not speak,

I was scared, with one stomp we could all be taken

Down, frightened by what was in front of me,

I got curious, how could it be? That this man

Was a million times taller than me, Bit just sitting there

You seemed scared, you put your head down.

The worst thing you ever said to me was do you even remember?

Weren’t you to young?

These days I’m like putting all trust in your hands,

Giving everything to make sure you understand,

As if I’m hanging by a thread, my body so light.

I bend back and you catch me, my fears are gone

I won’t be dropped nor will I? Can you hang on for that

Long, will everything we have worked for be gone?

Listen, life is a big ball of fun, but that ball doesn’t always

Keep rolling; it may hit some bumps or holes, but soon

It will get back on track and keep rolling on till it hits some more bumps.

Once in October I turned twenty years old, my mother cried

And my grandma sobbed. We celebrated with food and cake,

And everyone talked about when I was little. No one could

Believe I was growing up, that I had reached yet another

Milestone in my life, my family was happy but at the same time

Wished I was still that little girls running through the yard yelling

“You can’t catch me”.

 

But it Is not October it is May, and it must mean that everything
Must be ok, or we all wouldn’t still be here today.