• Writing

    Chasing Cars

    Last night I dreamed a dream, which was more of a flashback to an earlier time in my life.  In the dream, I was reliving the summer of 1996 when I was age 16.  In the dream, I remember falling in love for the very first time; my first kiss, my very first girlfriend.  At the time, I thought I knew what love was, but looking back on it, I was clearly mistaken.  In the summer of 1996, I had a summer job as kitchen staff along with a small group of my closest friends.  It was the summer that I met Allegra. All summer long, I enjoyed the sweet…