Birthday Wish

Photo by David Holifield on Unsplash

The boy jumped from his four-poster bed. In the waning moonlight, he slipped into his favorite jeans and a hoodie. He always loved watching the sun rise over the cornfield, but today he would not miss it. Today was the day he turned thirteen. He was officially a man.

He padded out to the rickety front porch as the deep blue evening sky gave way to the glowing orange and red of a new day. The heat started early, burning off the early…