Maroon

maroon skies, fading in the distance.  Reminding me that times were simpler.  Like when I had to worry about how to tie my shoes or how to find my way home after dark.  The maroon summer skies fading into black, lit only by fireflies.  My sun-kissed face gazing upwards afraid I will take these moments for granted.  Eying the beams of light in the distance trying to find me while I try to find the clearest route to escape.  Streets full of children imitating rock biters and keeping water balloons in boxes like me holding on to the memories beneath maroon skies.