Songs Of Youth.

Sadly Nicki Milligan my wife's mother passed away without event Friday February 2nd 2018

      Nicki and Harold Milligan

           Parents of my wife Becky     

Grace and Eloquence knew you by name

playing together while you were young

The sweet smell of the summer breeze

lessons learned as you sung

 

Songs of the youth you once lived

white cloth flowing in the breeze

Wheat colored hair whisked in the wind

racing across fields with youthful ease

 

Think ye oh back upon those days

fondly remembering as we were

Cherished memories that we all save

another tomorrow of that we were sure

 

When life came in with the seasons

the cheering laughter of a friend

Secrets we all knew and saved

who would think it to ever end

 

Life has that way of fooling us

especially when we're young

Always promising another day

forever-another song to be sung

 

But like all great things we enjoy

the bill one day comes due

And as your friends each pass away

you wonder if next may be you

Author's Note

I need not say what this is about. We all know don't we? Go see your parents and grandparents.
Life's time waits on none of us.
It masters fate with earnest callous.
Caring for none in favored mercy.
Helping not whom it shows malice.

They wont be here when you find the time to visit.
Do it while you are thinking of it.
There is no regret like that dealt to the one who wasn't there when needed.

Reviews

[Rick Puetter]

Dear Tate,

A very wise poem. This is so true and this is what makes the years so treasured. You are still young. You can't imagine how condensed life and it values get as you age. Your poem gives an inkling of the emotion, and for that I praise the write. You are wise beyond your years.

Greatly enjoyed.

Best regards,

Rick

[Katie]

The picture alone makes me really happy and laugh. Then reading your poem- its filled with such good memories and beautiful pictures. Great job.

[LonelySoul]

nice work here too,I myself am still gathering those memories for just such days to come and sunsets to share in my grey years

[Havatara]

I love the picture!! I also loved the poem. It truly showed how when we're young we think everything will be fun and games forever, and then we get older and realize that we have to work to live on this planet. Remarkable piece.

[Rogelio Chavez]

I like how it starts, all happy and then at the end it turns to sadness. Bad thing is what you are saying it is true.

[Cassandra D.]

This was very lovely.

[Jeff Bresee]

Nice job...great ending.

[Star Wolf]

This has a very chilling and dark end to it, a touch of depression, but we all will pass away. Thankfully we just don't know when.

[Sean M. Addams]

a very deep piece thought you did well on this..good flow and rhyme..great job!!!

[The Perfectionist]

I find myself struggling not to be repetitive. My problems with this are identical to the problems I had with the other one of yours I reviewed, and presumably will be the same for the other six you want me to look at.

Your writing lacks punch, at least to me (the reviews below seem to disagree), and you often forget that rhythm is just as important, if not more so, than rhyme. Not bad, just not great.