If I Could Go Back
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I grew up in a small surburban area, I am one of seven siblings. My parents raised us in a three bedroom house with just one bathroom, so things weren't easy for them. With that being said, they had their hands full trying to keep us wild bunch of kids in order. With five boys who were all into some kind of sport there was always toys spread out around our backyard. Well, what encouraged me to write this one was as I looked at my neighbor's yard next door to me. I had seen his four boys playing and just by looking at the toys and things that were left by them. Well, it kind of brought me back to some great childhood memories.
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
Copyright © Charles Messina | Year Posted 2018
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