Celine Rose Mariotti Poet Free verse

Let's Go Back In Time

Let’s Go Back in Time


			Oh, if only I could turn the hands of time
			Back to the way the world was in the ‘50’s, 60’s and 70’s,
			We used to have old-fashioned values,
			People had family dinners,
			Everyone dressed up for school, work, church, the theater,
			Everyone always wore their Sunday best for special occasions,
			Children played with their dolls and toys,
			Little girls played with their tea sets,
			Little boys played cops and robbers,
			Programs like “Bewitched” and “All in the Family”
			“Mr. Ed”, “The Wagon Train, “Hazel, “The Brady Bunch”
			were on TV,
			people still had manners and said thank you and please,
			Americans were Americans,
			Proud of their country,
			Proud to salute the flag and stand up for the National Anthem,
			Music was wonderful and beautiful,
			The sounds of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin,
			Of Andy Williams and Robert Goulet,
			Of Elvis Presley,
			Of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons,
			Of Fabian, Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell,
			We had good music then,
			We had singers then,
			What has happened to our country?
			It’s not the America we all knew,
			I wish we could go back in time,
			To years gone by,
			When people weren’t so plastic and had pride in themselves,
			When Life was good
			And you knew your neighbor,
			How I wish we could go back, back in time.

                        Celine Rose Mariotti

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Chris Green October 17, 2016 at 6:02 PM What wonderful memories you have brought in your poem this evening. That would be nice, wouldn't it? I'd even settle for people just being polite again, that seems to be a long lost art. Really nice Celine.