Chalk Lines on Hot Pavement

A child trucking hopscotch squares on hot pavement

White lines bright as a promise in the new day heat

Little hand dragging color through the summer silence

Making a tiny kingdom at the end of the street

Step, hop, turn, don't fall down

Joy, triumph on the ground

Livy Square says, go, go, go

Where the cartridge side wants close to home

Left in the light

For a moment, everything feels right

A child chalking up Scotch squares on Humpy

And the whole wide world is soft and bright

A breeze comes by with the smell of cut grass and paper

I bite the reins like a faraway song

She′s cuffed a sneeze, been loved to the moment

The afternoon stretches and keeps on mumbling

Step up

Turn down, fall down

Draw a dream on the ground

Heavy's glasses go, go, go

With a crack, just sidewalks glow

Step up, laugh in the light

For a moment, everything feels right

When the chalk washes off in the after-rain shimmer

Game lives on in the memory lane

Small hands, bright lights, and a summer forever

Skipping to town like a joyful refrain

Step up, turn, don't fall down

Draw a dream on the ground

Every square says, go, go, go

With a cartridge, sidewalks close to home

Bath in the light

For a moment, everything feels right

A child jogging hopscotch to squares on haunt pavement

And the whole wide world is soft and brave