we strode to the slide
i remember when she and i slid down the walls
and the girl ruined our fun
but we were still young

we walked to the house
had to bend to fit
the window could open and shut
peek out of the hut

we climbed up to the perch
i remember when the big kids were big
and little kids were us
we'd make a fuss
over a doll house

we stood side by side
watched the big kids be small again
and you stepped wrong
not seeing me
onto my foot
and the whole deal
us being little again
made us feel ridiculous
one misstep
amid the stillness for his spotlight
and we laughed
those silent laughs
like secrets
and you said "sorry" silently
and i could barely manage an
"it's okay"