Dear the Future

dear the future. you were shaped by now.

bright-eyed youth

This is the bright-eyed youth.

gray rain

the gray rain changes with us as we age.

fireworks

teenagers in an open-top Jeep driving through the night while fireworks go off above them.

yellow leaves

we grieve the death of our youth.

fading youth

as innocence falls away like dying petals, the fire of youth cools.

encore

at night, the encore begins to play.