My Paradise

A leafy dusk 200 miles away,
is where I can stay in my bright minds eye.
To get away from all these sleepy summer days.
Because although the scenery is gorgeous,
the street holds barely a soul.
As if in the warmth and comfort,
they have decided to sleep all day long.
It's still so beautiful out but a bit lonely too.
I want to hear the laughter of neighbor children as their shoes hit the pavement,
running and chasing each other.
The muffled voices of adults nearby, as they sip sweet iced teas.
Smell the barbecue which wafts over the fence from the next door backyard.
Then at the end of the day, watch the sunset with my family under the humid starry sky.
This, is a piece of my paradise