I remember it like it was yesterday
Saturday night 7:30
Call em up my bro, we hitting The Banks tonight
Call some others up and we meet downtown
Hit the pregame at some spots
Got the Henny and Coke flowing
Then we end up at this bar called Stretch
When I tell you it lives up to the name
It does because the line stretches down to the next bar from it being almost at capacity
The music right
Me and my friends tipsy
We’ll wait to get in
The line moving
We make it in
We get more drinks flowing
And by the time I hit the last drop
Ii felt sand run between my feet
I’m talking to my bro
“When did we end up on the beach?”
He’s laughing but I’m like
I see the blue lights casting over me like the clear sky
People in the club turn into sea creatures
And then I hear the horns blow
And the waves begin to form
And I feel my hands and body move from side to side
And my friends are hitting me like
“You know what song is about to play”
All excited they join in swaying back in forth
The waves getting bigger
Rippling from one side of the club to the other
“Man I got the swag…the hat matching my bag”
The excitement increases as the waves creating a tide
And it looks like it’s heading for me
“You see this? The tides coming”
My friends are cracking up at me
I could think here it comes as soon as I hear
“I swag when I surf, now watch me surf and swag”
Soon as the bass thumps, it was surf’s up
The big wave is here and we’re riding it now
Everyone is watching me and my friends shred these waters and staying a float
The energy keeps going and everyone is cheering us on
It was in that moment, I said
“The beach came to the club and this is totally rad”
They laugh at my drunk shenanigans.
Reggie Johnson is a poet reigning from Cincinnati, Ohio. Starting at the age of nine, Reggie has been writing poetry through their love of music and life experiences. He has 8 books now available on Amazon. You can follow him on Twitter @r_d_johnson and on IG @rdjohnsonwrites.