If I Could Go Back - Collaboration

(first 9 stanzas by Charles Messina, Sponsor) As I'm looking through my window And I start to l look around All the snow has melted I see toys left on the ground A basket ball, a whiffle ball A glove and baseball bat A dirty lone blue mitten And a cotton ball wool hat Candy wrappers and soda caps And a witches old corn broom And underneath the swing set Was a busted red balloon Footsteps from the children Left imprinted in the dirt And in the leafless branchy bush Was a little boys lost shirt Those times when we were children Sometimes bad and sometimes good I'd go back there in a heartbeat If I thought that I just could A dirty lone blue mitten And a cotton ball wool hat A basket ball, a whiffle ball A glove and a baseball bat And underneath the swing set Was a busted red balloon Candy wrappers and soda caps And a witches old corn broom And in the leafless branchy bush Was a little boys lost shirt Footsteps from the children Left imprinted in the dirt Those times when we were children Sometimes bad and sometimes good I'd go back there in a heartbeat If I thought that I just could Those olden days were simple then We kids were merry with our ways Of playing in our tiny yard Where laughter, fun, made happy days. Sandra M. Haight ~2nd Place~ Contest: Add A Stanza To My Poem Sponsor: Charles Messina Added For Contest: Last Stanza, #10 Judged: 08/27/2018