I went on the deck and sang Beach Boys songs
I don’t know why but I was happy
I had no reason to be
it was night but the sun was in my eyes
and I harmonized
I felt like a teenage idol
from an era I wasn’t alive for
nobody was watching
I sung to the stratosphere
and the love in my voice
washed back to me
like an ocean surf

Daniel J. Flore III

Daniel J. Flore III’s fifth book of poetry is WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE CEILING FAN and it can be found here.