Your Day in Paradise

"Somewhere beyond the sinkhole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever." ~ Marjorie Kinnan Rowlings, from The Yearling In heights above, see a dazzling sun. Drink fresh air.  It's time you must awake. Arise, make for the stream by the lake. On youthful legs, take flight and swiftly run. Hunt for frogs.  I know you'll catch me one. Another day in paradise begun, where clouds float aloft and aspens quake in heights above. Enjoy each moment, like a yearling fawn. In boyhood's days, joyfully partake. Gaze upon the stars in heaven's wake, and spy that shooting star before it's gone in heights above.