Thinking Back
A simple time, a simple place.
It brought a smile to my face.
Thinking back when I was a kid.
Pressures now will flip your lid.
Back then, things were better.
No computers. We wrote letters.
I can remember my first kiss.
Now, what made me think of this?
Probably what I saw on T.V.
It was quite vulgar, you see.
Not a simple childhood kiss.
For that, I am not remiss.
There is no way to go back.
Or, I’d be there. It’s a fact.
I didn’t know what I had back then.
I do now.—– Let me begin.
I wouldn’t trade those times for the world.
The memories are great. They have held.
Nothing like being able to reminisce.
Thinking back on doing the twist.
Watching American Bandstand on T.V.
Listening to the old songs. You and me.
We always knew Father Knows Best.
My Little Margie knew the rest.
Hi Yo Silver was the weekend cry.
Along with The Cisco Kid and I.
Cartoons were funny, not gory.
Servicemen got all our glory.
We were kids just having fun.
None of us had to carry a gun.
Violence was for boxing.
And Texas Wrestling. Not mocking.
Just saying things were better then.
I think it’s time we make amends.
———————————R.W. Johnson—–(2017)
This one reminds me of one that my mom wrote when we were just kids about hula hoops and girls with those pink poodle skirts that were popular back then. Thinking back to a simpler way of life back in the day. Letters were the “texting” of today, but it sure wasn’t instant. We had to wait on the mail man to deliver them. I remember trying to do the twist, when someone told me to pretend like I was putting out a lit cigarette on the ground with your foot twisting. It worked. I ran out of room to comment anymore, but I loved it BFF.
Glad you liked this one too BFF. I hope others did too.———Author.