My Favorite Place

Everyone needs a favorite place on earth

One where you can close your eyes

And go

Whenever you are low

Mine is on a hill

With velvety green grass

The sounds of laughter

Where I don’t have to be an actor

There are girls of all ages

Behaving like sisters

Making friends that last forever

Just being clever

It is in the mountains

And there is a lake below

I sit and dream of a time

When my heart was filled with friends

I never wanted it to end

Camp Akiba was my summer home

It is a place I could roam

From one spot to another

Feeling love and hope

Sitting on that mountain slope

I close my eyes

And I am there

Free to be me

A person who is free