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The Red Balloon of My Childhood

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The red balloon of my childhood chasing rainbows the rush of ozone hairspray wait… that’s my sister’s parade big hair I was nowhere near with babies early eighties Oahu oh to be a child in the wild spray of the playful sea, still i felt like a child riveted by waves riding the boogie board not grown up enough to surf the burp of fantasy precious buffet of paradise the red balloon loose i chase its caboose living in its wake 10/22/2021

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Paige Hind

Date: 8/20/2024 4:32:00 PM

"i chase its caboose living in its wake" what an ending- !!

Valsa George

Date: 11/9/2021 7:52:00 AM

Childhood memories revisit us time and again and we then become children. Chasing balloons has always been a pleasure for me too when I was a child ! Enjoyed this poem .....

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/29/2021 6:37:00 AM

This is so much fun " i felt like a child riveted by waves riding the boogie board not grown up enough to surf" Wow!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/29/2021 7:03:00 AM

I will never be grown up enough to surf…lol

Gary Radice

Date: 10/27/2021 2:14:00 AM

I love this Kim. A wonderful poem. Sometimes I read a poem here at Poetry Soup and think that it deseves to be read by a wider audience. This is one of those. The Banksy image compliments your words so well.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/27/2021 6:37:00 AM

Thank you so much, Gary <3

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 10/26/2021 2:53:00 AM

Oh how wonderful! What a brilliantly joyful memory of childhood! I love how you painted this beautiful imagery <3

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/26/2021 7:49:00 AM

Thank you, BJ!

Jan Allison

Date: 10/25/2021 3:22:00 PM

what wonderful childhood memories, balloons, bubbles and blowing dandelion clocks... do children still do these things today:-( hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/25/2021 5:18:00 PM

I hope they do <3

Panagiota Romios

Date: 10/23/2021 1:17:00 AM

You really are a talented and unusuallly creative woman! Hold on to those lovely pictures in your soul. You are a poetess not a negative narrator. I can feel the winds of your childhood. Golly, should be a POTD. Pangie Another Fave Pangie....xx

Rico Leffanta

Date: 10/22/2021 12:02:00 PM

You can still come to Oahu, but your memory of clean beaches and sea will be destroyed. Time marches on, so enjoy your memories! Aloha!

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/22/2021 12:49:00 PM

Wow, Rico! Tell me about it… Sounds like a tear jerker :(

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 10/22/2021 8:41:00 AM

We will never forget such innocence childhood. Hugs

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/22/2021 8:46:00 AM

Truly! I feel sorry for those robbed of theirs.