Slide

It was a hope 
turned into a dream 
that became a thing 
and once it did 
we found the other 
side the slope that
slide and slid we
did down its slippery 
and up we’d go 
climbing the familiar stairs 
back to the top 
to go down again 
until I grew tired 
of this childish game 
go if you want 
me I’m going home 
enough for this heart