Go Out and Play

I turned on the news And what did I see, Not a glimmer of hope It was staring at me, Today in our world We see things that we shouldn’t, The media now shares Things that we couldn’t, It opens up views For everyone’s comment, Some hurtful and spiteful Regretful and not meant, We change up the channel For witty and funny, For tv and internet It’s a ship load of money, When I was a kid My parents would say, Finish your homework And go out and play, We’d run in the woods And swim in the lake, Cook on a bonfire Our own fun, we would make, We never knew All the bad and the good, We just had our friends And good thoughts as we should, Children grow up So fast in this day, Teach them to wonder And go out and play!