Remember

Do you remember
When we were young
When everything
Was so much fun

Every Saturday morning
To the pictures we'd go
We'd sit with our friends
In the front row

We were ABC minors
And we sang our song
With the words on the screen
We'd sing along

Then after the show
We'd go off to play
And act out the stories
We'd seen that day

Then it was off to the sweetshop
With all our mates too
For a quarter of pear drops
And a penny chew

We would see the traffic
Travelling so far 
And wonder what it felt like
To ride in a car

Oh we were young then 
We were so free
And when we got hungry
We'd go home for our tea

But then we grew up
The days grew colder
We carried the weight 
Of the world on our shoulder




Though our burdens seem heavy
And this life is a pain
When we remember
We are happy again

We can relive those days
When there was no pain
And forget our troubles
And be children again
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Gauthier Avatar
April 9, 2018 at 1:47 PM
Lovely poem, Denis.
Andresen Avatar
April 9, 2018 at 1:26 PM
- A happy time to look back on, Denis :) ... no worries or bills to be paid :) - The good old days :) - A wonderful poem :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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