this room

it's a easy monday morning

so i decided to open up my curtain and let the sunshine in

im looking around my bedroom

it has always seemed to change but yet it has always stayed the same

this room once used to house two sisters who fought for space

life happened

and it all became mine, all mine

i was on top of the planet, man

it's kind of sad though

to think i will have to leave it soon, too

life happens right?

if i look up toward my ceiling i can still see where

glow in the dark stick- em stars used to hang over us at night

they never seemed to cure my fear of the dark

but they were stars and that was enough

and this paneling has seen better days too

when i was a 7 year old koolaid faced kid it was

a huge chalk board i held make believe school in

..those were the days..

mama would get so mad and send me in my room

with a soapy washcloth

i can still see very faint numbers and letters if i squint just right

there isn't anything hanging on these walls anymore

but once a time ago, teen bop magazine threw up every

backstreet boy, nsync, britney and the hansons poster they ever made

my sister used to have a fascination with aliens for whatever reason too

i always thought her generation was a bit strange

yet i always wanted to be just like her

i wanted to ride the boulevard..

..flip my hair out on the ends

bleach my hair blonde..

..drive a black firebird

listen to all the songs she listened to..

now when i hear sugar ray come on the radio singing that song

it takes me back to those days

i will miss these days too

..but..

i will leave it behind just as my sister did

box by box

this room will always stay with me