Dear Trampoline

Dear trampoline,

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I remember the time

My dad and brother assembled you

The lawn you claimed moist with life

The sky scintillating with blue

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Earbuds on 

Music disintegrating all my thoughts

And unconfined in my brain

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Flying in my nightgown

Hair uncombed and free 

You let me escape to an unreality

An unreality where I am the main character

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Where the impossible 

Is always possible.

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I undress my thoughts

And let go of everything

I can’t hear the roaring in my head 

Pounding against the concrete walls of my brain

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I can only hear angels singing

As I fly into the depths of my imagination

Jumping higher and higher

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Nothing to worry about

No one watching me

I am finally set free

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Until I’m sore and I’m tired and my body says it’s enough.

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I lay my head on you as I watch the sky change colors

The clouds change shapes

You are the shoulder I lean on

As I breathe

My last breath 

Before I meet reality once again

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Earbuds off

I can hear everything

As my notions crawl back to me

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Until I fly away again.

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Yours truly,

Leela