Tag: childhood
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Playtime
It’s recess time, the teacher said!Good job on all the books you read! Time for sunshine and fresh air!Leaving behind our every care! Time for tetherball and moreLucky ones, first out the door So important for our dayWe had to go outside to play! Why is this one of the memories so clear?Even through the…
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Seasons and the Child
Did you see the change as it silently crept upon the earth?The cycle, the process, the Creator’s gift to all, and to the earthUnderneath this repeated scene, our muscles, fibers and bones hold a sweet memory of it Then there it is! The orange, yellow and red leaves appearThe earth is beautiful in every change…
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BLUE
We hear of sailing into the blue,Dreaming of places where there are only few- What if we could slip into the clear, blue sky?Reaching, climbing as we fly! Embracing fluffy clouds we already knew In this deep, vast, lovely blue The memory of the silky, liquid blue-Cooling, relaxing, shedding tensions too- Dispelling summer scorch and…
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Dumbo, Pongo, Dorothy, and Me
Come with me to a magical place,Some far away time that nothing can erase. Where is that passageway I once knew?They were real, colorful as me and you. The first one came by the stork they said,Dumbo with big ears on his head. Remember innocent Snow White?We hoped the apple she would not bite. Dorothy,…
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Dancing With the Tiny Diva
She was running and hiding,In her most playful way.Her heart beat of unrestrained freedom,No thought of waiting for another day. Long black hair flowing,Ascending tables and trees,She reaches higher and higher,Moving with energetic spree. Enchanted with her oblivious manner,I, an invisible observer at first,Try to remember what brought her here,Where these earthly bonds had burst!…
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Change and Rain
We have such a strange relationship with change. Leaving our mother’s womb was probably the biggest change of our earthly lives, but we don’t have a memory of it. Did we feel some terror upon leaving the security of that miraculous abode? Now, we leave her again to get on this large, long, yellow vehicle…
Treasures Along the Way 