ONE MAGICAL NIGHT IN ARKANSAS

A HUGE ORANGE FULL MOON ROSE UP FROM THE GROUND
EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED WERE STARS ALL AROUND
EVERY CONSTELLATION SHONE SO BRIGHTLY
ANGELS MUST'VE SENT THEM TO DELIGHT ME
FELT LIKE I COULD REACH UP AND TOUCH THE SKY
THAT WAS THE BEST MAGICAL NIGHT OF MY LIFE

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Today's prompt is to write a memory poem. #WDprompts #NovPAD

THIS WAS BACK IN THE EIGHTIES. I FLEW OUT TO DALLAS,TEXAS TO MEET A BEST FRIEND OF MINE FROM H.S. TO SEE HER COLLEGE CAMPUS AND MEET HER FRIENDS AND ACCOMPANY HER ON THE ROAD TRIP HOME BACK TO CHICAGO. I DIDN'T DRIVE SO I WAS IN CHARGE OF THE MAP NAVIGATING AND SHE DROVE. WE STOPPED IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS TO VISIT HER SISTER ON THE WAY HOME. IT WAS SO DARK AT NIGHT YOU NEEDED A FLASHLIGHT TO SEE...PERFECT FOR SEEING THE MOON AND STARS SO CLEARLY. WE LAID DOWN IN A FIELD AND LOOKED UP AT THE STARS AND TRIED TO FIND AS MANY CONSTELLATIONS AS WE COULD FIND. I SWEAR YOU COULD SEE EVERY SINGLE STAR IN THE SKY AND THEY WERE SO HUGE IT FELT LIKE YOU COULD REACH UP AND TOUCH THEM ...THEY FELT SO CLOSE. IT WAS SO AWESOME. I REALLY MISS THE STARS AT NIGHT. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. THAT WAS A MAGICAL MEMORY.

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