Songs from the past can take you places

Today I opened my social feed to find this post about a song release It was a favorite of mine from 1994 And just like that I was transported once more ,to a place etched deep into my soul It's September and I'm 15 years old I can smell the flannel ,CkOne, and the sharpie I used to write poetry on the soles of my black hightop chucks with The fresh morning air mixed with the camel wide we shared behind the school before class I can see brown eyes glowing in the sun, warm like cinnamon, and your smile The nights I spent laying in bed under the tiny glow in the dark stars on my ceiling listening to Mazzy Star on repeat "So Tonight that I Might See". Those days when I used to dream big dreams of the future and possibilities I dreamt of running away to a life of my own without scars and casualty I thought I knew how to create a perfect world And I wanted it more than anything But in the words of the late Andrew Wood "dreams like this must die " I didn't know that things wouldn't go as I planned all the pieces crumbled before my eyes falling like sand through an hourglass the steady passing of time can do so much ripping away things, ppl, and places you love from your life No one tells you that everything must change they only say, it just does...