It was the Harrison and Benny show growing up. I went with Harrison everywhere, and we were inseparable. Things have changed, but I am still around. I see what is happening in Harrison’s life even if he does not need me as he used to when he was a young boy. I remember the days we spent playing outside from sunrise to sundown. We got dirty; we played hard. Boys were boys. Nothing could come between Harrison and me. We were each other’s best companion. Harrison and Benny went together like Andy and Woody. Things changed when Harrison went to school for the first time. I went too, but he had other kids to play with now. Only when he came home did he play with me. I missed him while he was at school. I continued to go with him in case he needed me, but I went unnoticed. Harrison was no longer the kid I thought I knew. This was the beginning of the end for Harrison and Benny. His years of elementary school shifted to his middle school ages. Surely, Harrison would need me more than ever. Middle school was a rough time for everyone. Even if he thought about needing me, he would not admit it. At this point, I stopped going to school with Harrison. He had real friends, but I could still not bring myself to leaving him for good. It is graduation day. Harrison is all grown up now. He has transformed and become a young man. Harrison has probably forgotten all about his childhood companion Benny by now. He will soon be going off to college, and that will be my cue to move on just as Harrison has. The realities of life have taken over for Harrison. I, Benny, was merely a temporary companion for a short period of time. I was always there for him and would continue to be there for him if his imagination would still believe. Once so vivid for Harrison, I have faded into the memories of the imagination. Stay Curious, Kayla ©Inquisitive Perspectives 2017
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