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
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