To Reach Back

Sometimes an old song or an old movie can revive memories If only we were able to reach back Recapture the feelings, the simple joys, the dreams To reach back and touch the moments That first ice cream soda from the corner drug store Peeling open a pack of baseball cards and Trading with a friend for a favorite rookie Frankenstein on the Late Show on Friday night Dance in the auditorium, Hey! She’s wearing culottes Sponge ball at the five and ten, up against the house A small nail and electrical tape to fix the bat The balcony on a Saturday night, keep dreaming Chase tag, hide and seek in the street King of the mountain in the old park To reach back and have those feelings again Pack of Luckies in the shirt sleeve Hustling a game in the pool hall Sunday ride to Grandma’s house Free movie in the playground on a summer night Keeping stats for a wiffle ball league Wrap around skirts and pedal pushers Bobbie socks and Bobbie pins White bucks and Butch wax Juke box hits six for a quarter Slow dance, save the last one for me If only we were able to reach back