light up the sky

i promised my mom that i would go to the grocery store today, but i didn’t get around to until after eight. i supermarket sweeped it from produce to frozen foods, checked out, and was loading groceries into the van when i looked up to see fireworks over what could have been the hollywood hills of ridgefield.

my car just sort of drove itself up to the old high school and i pulled into the playhouse parking lot and watched out the window. and then, before they were over and the traffic went haywire, i just slipped away, driving home beneath the finale’s exploding lights. this way, i never felt the letdown at the end of the show. the sky was alive even as i carried the groceries into the house.

quote of the day: “but i want more than a touch i want you to reach me, and show me all the things no one else can see” – blues traveler