Still Just a Boy

 

My son and I sat in the early evening on the front porch… summer was here and the warm breeze held us outside for a passing moment.

Cody has left our nest and is busy creating his own… he is consumed with the every day details of owning his new home and balancing his life.

We talked about the bills and we talked about plans for the future and we talked about work and family. He looked to the driveway and looked to the skies as we spoke. He is a man on the outside…

We sat in the quiet for a moment and he moved across my view… he moved with purpose and joy. And then I saw them too… the summer’s lightning bugs. They pulsed in and out of my eyes as I tried to follow their trek.

I watched Cody run through the grass with hands waving and eyes wide open… he jumped and gasped like he was still just a boy. And I remembered him in his youth with dew-drops of perspiration pooling on his cheeks as he chased the young summer’s lights…

                                                                   Shannon R Killman