When the moon is full

     If the moon is full and the night is a clear bright one, I always remember my childhood days -- back to the days when I am not bothered with the issues of the world and the locality.
     When the moon peeks from above, I with my cousins, would draw a large circle in the middle of the street using seawater. then we would huddle together to identify among us who would be the IT. Full moon nights for us children then would be a night full of fun and merriment -- fun because we felt we own the street, running here and there with all our sweat dripping on our faces and back, soaking our shirts and merriment because we enjoyed our time together for we all know that nights like that will not happen often -- a once in a blue moon indeed.
     Reminiscing those times I've had, made me stay awake when this bright round moon is on the sky. But if it will be covered with clouds, this scene saddens me because I cannot have a clear view of it. When it's raining, too, like the proverbial fox, my sadness doubles.
     Moonlight reminds me of a very memorable childhood. Its brightness made me remember those beaming-with-wide-smile faces. When the moon will set at midnight at the horizon in the south, it's the only time that I will hit the sack with a satisfied and blissful smile.