A Photograph

Reflections of childhood

A Photograph

 

Sorting through these faded photographs

Etched with flaws and wrinkled by time

The candid expressions of familiar faces

The childhood friends we fondly remember

The schools and parks where we used to play

Riding our bicycles with banana seats

 

The backyard sprinklers and slip n’ slides

Eating a burger at the neighbors backyard barbecue

Eating frozen delights from the ice cream truck

Doing homework

Watching Rifleman after school

 

Dad’s family station wagon

That took us on those boring road trips

To visit those relatives we rarely saw

And barely knew

But had to hug them anyways

 

The cute guy you adored from a distance

But never really knew

Or the cheerleader you admired

She was always happy

And so perfectly pretty

 

The wanderlust looks, the giant laughs

The football team, hyped up and ready to play

 

All these photographs

Take me back in time

To a feeling of innocence

Of being young and invincible

Perfect and carefree

Fresh and new

In a world we didn’t yet know

 

I was that kid in the photo

And you were there too

What fun we had

Doing much of nothing

 

As my thoughts drift from old to new

From the past to the present

Of the quiet days

The boring days

The rainy days

And the idle time we just played at the park

I wonder

How did the years pass by so quickly?

 

No, these are not just old

Tattered photographs

They tell the story of our lives

Oh how we lived…

 

They are my history

They are your history too

They tell the whole story

In its’ vivid, colorful, detail…

 

By

Gypsy

4-19-13

Author's Note

Appreciate comments and critiques :)

Reviews

[Relic]

You wrote this fine. I had a banana seat on my bike and have the photo of it somewhere. You brought back a lot of memories for me just reading this. Chuck Conners was a cool dude for sure and I can still hear those bells on the ice cream truck. Today's trucks with that same stupid song every summer sucks. ha Great job writing this Gypsy.

[Sami Khalil]

This was wonderful while it lasted. Enjoyed...:)...........

[Antonio Valentino]

ohh i love photography as well.. i have tens of thousands of pictures ive taken..

these slices of moment that defined us to etch in our spirit always..

loved the memory lane.. waww Rifleman, banana seats, slip and slides.. weren't those the days!

great piece

Antonio :)

[Gypsy]

Thank you Antonio appreciate the kind review;)

[Antonio Valentino]

my pleasure

:)