MEMORIES OF TIMES PAST..SWEET SWEET MEMORIES.

Today I am thinking on the past and looking at the present. I miss the slowness of life as it was when I was young and in such a hurry to speed things up. Lately life has been busy, overwelming and the solitude of old is now so greatly appreciated.

I miss the old road of the old times covered in dirt and dust. The farms I used to see daily and the smells of the early morning from the chilled night before. I miss the quite and the solitude, the wet grass upon my feet. To climb the trees and hang upside down, the mystery of the old barns where I would climb up to the old hay and run around in it all on my own. The creek near my grandpa's home where I would lay down by the bank and just listen to nature alone as if there never were cars or other people, just me. It was a game back then to see only the occasional car. There were no ambulances and fire trucks screaming by on a daily basis. I did not hear the trains night and day and the sound of cars rushing by without end.

 

I am not so old or young that I do not appecriate the corns stalks that grew in front of my home on an isolated dirt road. The lazy days of summer, the exploring of open fields and full forests where there were no houses to be seen and people were not to be heard. Working at a horse ranch and cleaning stalls. The smell of the oats, the manure and the horses as they called back and forth to each other. The dust from the corral that would always end up on my boots and in my hair.

 

Those days were the sweet days when I knew quite and peace for a time before the world began to open bigger and louder, the days became busier and shorter and life no longer was slow. Life is so busy now, there is no natural silence and the peace is very limited unless you leave to find the old places in your memories.  I miss those days so much and long for the peace and quite of such a place as I used to remember in my childhood days.

Reviews

[Michael X]

i loved this poem, its touching susan, the wording, the endearment just about brings tears to the heart, and makes the reader relive your experience in a most heart stirring way because it feel as if these were defining events in your life, the scenery comes to life in the readers mind, sensuously projected,
the detail to imagery and emotion are in perfect balance in my opinion, also there is a sense of
nostalgia, which charms the intent, beautifully done, keep up the great work, i really enjoyed this reading.

[TL Boehm]

this is eloquent, soulful, beautiful writing that takes the reader back to better times....it makes me a bit homesick. Well done.

[thewritenword]

BRILLIANT