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Looking back at the summers 
Way back then, when I was ten
The golden sun was still a friend
And the world was good, around each bend

I'm riding my bike, with the breeze in my face
With time on my side, I am winning a race
Where life seems so carefree, I can hold my arms high
Where wheels spin beneath me, in a race to the sky
I'm sailing past memories, past all the troubles I've known
Past the everyday worries,  that we face when we're grown

With my legs long and tan, I am peddling fast
Where tomorrow is distant, and sweet memories last
Where nothing will die, and everything blends
Over roads without sorrow, where nothing will end

Clutching the handles, and pumping my knees
I will fly past the heartache, where my troubles will ease
Far down the lane that circles the trees
Where faces of loved ones,  still smile up at me
 
A turn 'round the corner, finds happiness there
Everything's simple and everything's fair
A splash through a puddle,  or bumpy old tracks,
My eyes remain forward......with no looking back
I could peddle forever, to that place worry free..
When I ride that old bike, there's a child left in me

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1/27/6 "Back Then When I Was Ten" Contest
Sponsor :  Kelly Deschler

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 2/18/2016 11:17:00 AM
Congratulations on your win!!
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Date: 2/18/2016 10:19:00 AM
Congratulations on your #1 win with this delightful, clever, well-written poem! I think I lived on my bike when I was 10... :)
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Date: 2/18/2016 7:33:00 AM
This is perfect, congratulations!
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Date: 2/17/2016 9:59:00 AM
Hi Carrie: Beautiful poem! I'm happy to see that you had your 15 minutes fame at age 10.
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Date: 2/17/2016 9:17:00 AM
Carrie, Congrats on your top win. The only one I love on this topper... LINDA
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Date: 2/17/2016 7:23:00 AM
vivid lood at childhood, carrie.. big congrats on your shining win!..huggs
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Date: 2/17/2016 5:46:00 AM
You have just given me another vision Carrie. Sitting on the bar of my dad's bike, helping him up hills by pushing down on his knees with my hands. Thank you for that memory and many congradulations.
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Date: 2/17/2016 5:27:00 AM
Things sure were simple then, but your winner is simply wonderful. Congratulations, Carrie.
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Date: 2/17/2016 12:12:00 AM
And long may you ride that bike, Carrie. Congrats on a lovely write, Viv x
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Date: 2/16/2016 11:17:00 PM
This is a great poem! Congrats on your well-deserved win! Janice
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Date: 2/16/2016 9:12:00 PM
Great first place write and well deserved. I used to ride my bike everywhere, even after I turned 16. Congratulations, Carrie.
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Date: 2/16/2016 7:37:00 PM
I used to love riding my bike when I was a kid too. It made me feel so free... Congratulations on a first place win with this beautiful poem! Thanks for entering, Carrie :))
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Date: 2/13/2016 2:14:00 AM
Dear Carrie, with tears in my eyes, I don't remember my ten... I wanted to write about it, but I dropped my pen!
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Date: 1/28/2016 1:24:00 PM
When I ride that old bike, there's a child left in me.When I read your poem I felt we visited similar landscapes, once on the same wheel of life, Wonderful poem od aspiration and nostalgia.
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Date: 1/28/2016 5:03:00 AM
so glad to have read you today, carrie.. this is a gem of a piece, a ride back to bittersweet snapshots that will always remain in the heart... you always shine!..huggs
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Date: 1/27/2016 6:14:00 PM
oh carrie, this is wonderful! you've captured those childhood days so perfectly as well as the adult yearning to return to that time. i also love the ending. bravo!
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Date: 1/27/2016 5:36:00 PM
Nice one Carrie enjoyed reading brings back memories thank you.
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Date: 1/27/2016 5:28:00 PM
Those were the days....enjoyed your bike ride. BG
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Date: 1/27/2016 4:44:00 PM
I too wish I could turn the clock back to those carefree days of childhood - lovely rhyme Carrie good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx 7
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