Happy Things

I was thinking today Of things in my mind that stay Sunny days on my bike Riding to the beach and back before night Of shows on TV after school With fun being the golden rule There was Lost in Space And The Monkees at their place Don’t forget The Beatles singing their songs With me playing the air guitar and singing along Roy Rogers and Trigger riding the range fast Cisco Kid and oh Pancho friends to the last And the Brady Brunch was fun Falling for Marsha was number one Disneyland on a Sunday night Bathed in clean pyjamas felt right As Aussie children we had it all Sunshine in the summer having a ball And entertainment on the TV We watched it lying down in front so easily These happy things float in and out of my memory Not wanting to lose those years being carefree. © Paul Warren Poetry