It's early morning. We're still out. I'm sitting by the water with my legs out splayed using all of my energy and concentration on the kaleidoscope I'm holding. Someone's in the water. Someone else has gone to get drinks from a 24 hour store or petrol station, they took all the bikes. The rest of us are waiting, sitting by the water, playing in the light of the rising sun. Sun. The sun shines of the water sending glitter and crystal lights around. Lucas is humming. A tune of some sort. Kind of like a chant. It's faint at first but the others start to join in. Singing and clapping to a nothing sound. A few start dancing and splashing in the water. We're celebrating something but nothing because there's not really anything special to celebrate. The sunrise perhaps? The gift of another day? Lucas and another guy sing a little louder with their deep voices. It feels tribal. My left eye is scrunched shut as I look through the little child's toy. I can't remember when I got it, but it's fun now to spin everyone around. Someone laughs and grabs the kaleidoscope off of me. Breathing in it feels like the air is cleaner than usual. My lungs fill with this beautifully scented freshness and I notice the light changing. The trees and bushes seem greener, the sky a stronger blue. The laughter ringing out are chimes and a triangle. Everything is slightly more vivid. I play with the dirt at my hands. Peace. We're all at peace. In a little pocket of our city, by the water where it really starts to feel like we're in a jungle somewhere. The boys calm down and singing ceases. We're all just rolling around. Floating in water or playing with dirt or silently dancing under the trees. Katie giggles a bit. Which starts me off. I laugh a little. It feels good. So I laugh some more. Looking up the river bed, the others arrive on bikes bearing wine. The water reflects in the sky and the sky in the water. Even without the kaleidoscope I feel like I'm in one. A little dizzy spinning around and everything splits and dances in front of me. It feels like time has stopped for a little bit. Just a while. I want it to last forever.