Way Back Then When I Was Ten

Way back then when I was Ten There were times I recall before A year had passed to end the War Block parties ran the streets galore Depression weaned and life was fine No rationed food and free to dine Spinster teachers taught us well To learn life’s lessons and excel Coal was used to heat our home And collected as the week would pass We stayed close and never roamed Our world enclosed by one small street There were not many folks to meet A shy and awkward child was I Difficult to blend in well But only time would break the spell Then one day I began to pry In reading books and seek the lore Of travel and its scenes galore I accomplished all the dreams I sought On lessons learned and what it brought And recall the times I lived as a child Fight life when it’s fierce embrace it when mild But I’ll never forget to to remember when Way back then when I was ten