Home

Here I built a fort in the tree line and spent hours inside

Here I ran the four-wheeler into a ravine and thought Dad would kill me

Here I watched a flock of turkeys walk across my lawn

Here I hunted rabbits with my loyal companion, Alex

Here I got my foot stuck in the snow for fifteen minutes and cried for ten of them

Here I threw a baseball at an old TV satellite, and it always bounced back perfectly

Here a slippery sandal caused me to fall off of the back of a tractor, busting my knee open

Here I fantasized about being a star football player

Here I worked thousands of head of cattle in the hot summer sun, with the awful smell of

the branding iron bombarding my nostrils

Here I perfected my 3-pointer, and learned how to soar above the rim

Here I let go of the past, and started to figure out who I was going to be, and realized that 

nothing matters more than being happy

Here I asked my parents to forgive me for getting home too late, after a few crazy nights

Here I contemplated where to go to college, and thought I would never come to a decision

Here I realized where I belong, and signed my name on the dotted line

Here I started a new, exciting chapter in my life that is still being written

B. Kennedy