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The Laughter Stays

Remember the young and carefree days,
When laughter accompanied all our ways
Adventures when we were out on a lark,
And the world came alive long after dark
We gave little thought about our futures,
Wounds would heal with a few sutures
Somehow, we let the good times roll away,
And responsibility came jolting into play
Time seemed to move much faster then,
But we poets found time to take up the pen
We write of those young and carefree days,
And deep down inside the laughter stays. 

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/15/2021 11:46:00 AM I am grateful that I had the pen during the pandemic; I needed the pen a lot then! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 10/15/2021 12:35:00 PM Me, too. I really need to find some new outlets now that I can get out more. I've been spending entirely too much time on the poetry sites...but I do enjoy writing.

Tom Cunningham Date: 10/11/2021 1:17:00 PM So true Milton, it never leaves us, we should never take life too seriously, because if we let that happen then life becomes boring. Tom Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 10/11/2021 2:11:00 PM I think that's so true, Tom.

Terry Flood Date: 10/11/2021 11:32:00 AM Life in a nutshell, Milt. I do think that a few of us here never buried the laughter too deep, but we all know people who buried it and promptly forgot where. Oh well, that’s life… (see what I did there?). Terry Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 10/11/2021 11:34:00 AM There's a poem in dem dere lines, Terry. Thanks so much for coming by; I appreciate your visits and your comments.