Do You Remember

Do you remember, when life was simple, you walked instead of drove. You were slimmer and much healthier, you noticed what was around you and above. Do you remember, when churches were full, shops were shut on the Lords day. The collecting trays were full of money. Showing earnest faces when they pray. Do you remember, when life was all around you, children safe to play outside rolling marbles in the gutter, skipping ropes from side to side. No eat by dates or sell by dates food never went off kept in a larder within. Fats were stored  in an outside place in a butter safe and flour in a bin. These are the days my parents spoke of life was busy but with not so much stress. Some modern ways are so much better except sitting at a table as a family has no redress. Conversation was at a premium not finger tapping on a phone. Vocabulary was of the old kind actually speaking with someone. In some ways modern ways are better when your sick medicine is at its prime. Hospitals are full now. People  living longer 80 is the new 69. Do YOU remember? This was written on 1st October 2013 Page 7 of my poem list