The Crossroads

We're all on different tracks of life, in different phases. Changing, constantly. All the time evolving into what we think the rest of our lives should look like. Our tracks are taking us in so many different directions it's rare we have time to all be together anymore. To really take it in fully. The careless summer weekend nights of laying in the grass under the black open sky are long gone now. Those perfect summer nights when the air smelt of burning hot dogs and insect repellent. Looking back, it seems so simple. But our lives are larger now, more complex, more organized and driven. We have priorities and obligations and responsibilities on our tracks now. So we just keep rolling, chugging along praying for the best.
Tonight we were brought together, quite randomly actually. Seemed a lot like fate had a say in it. But we didn't question it. We laid out our blankets and talked and laughed for hours. Just the eight of us, just like it used to be. No one had anything else to do or anywhere else to be. So we just laid on the ground beneath the big open sky long after the fireworks ended. Just enjoying the time. Because just for tonight we reached the crossroads. And soon after we'll all be on our way yet again.