Childhood Nostalgia

could not sleep at night thrilled to wake and play around in and out of rooms as though gems hidden and found nights merriment resurrected smiles laughs howls screams shouts and yells star gaze in summer recounting and accounting quilt nights of winter licking fresh dew drops of spring butterfly watching catching picnics to stations filled with hills and mountain range playing on meadows plucking all barred flowers strange when caught hid behind mother gathering sea shells banking them as though gold coins counting them daily adding them into bead-joins wearing like a clown playing police-thief arresting little culprits acting like jailing taking them to hill summits to shoot them there from cries to go to school coming back happy and thrilled hating to read books running out to play joy-filled coming back ready to sleep countless memories how much I could go on with? I should now cut short I express only herewith longing to re-live them all 18 August 2022 Childhood Nostalgia Poetry Contest Sponsored by: JCB Brul