The Simple Life

I miss the sweet, long-ago simple days most lives contented, not hungry for more A path we walked with gentle, simple ways It was the way of life in days of Yore. No TV back then in small towns like ours Instead, hours spent rapt by the radio 'The Shadow,” and 'Soaps' listening for hours Jack Benny and Red we all grew to know. But those days vanished, like an ocean breeze Now we read our phones for all the canned news Flip twenty channels to find one to please Between then and now, the simple I'd choose I dream of a house on a mountaintop Growing my own veggies, and then sharing Plenty of sunshine and rain for each crop And neighbors all simply warm and caring. April 9, 2023 for 'Simply Poetry 2' contest by John Lawless