The World Belonged to Us

“In Brooklyn
in the summer
not so long ago
we learned to watch and listen
playing tag, ringolevio, and hide-and-seek
inside hallways and behind thin-limbed trees
and garbage cans.

And our block was the whole wide world
and the world belonged to us.”

School is out for the summer and every day in Brooklyn is playing with your friends.

I love Jacqueline Woodson.