Rose Colored Glasses

"Every day the future looks a little bit darker but the past, even the grimy parts of it, well it just keeps getting brighter all the time." ~Sally/Silk Spectre

Today I think back
To a happier time

Back to high school
So much potential
To change the world
A time of certainty               

              Such a wondrous illusion

              Because back then I would
               Reminisce of a happier time

Back to junior high
Friendships were lifelines
As we scouted social seas
A time of change                    

                   But in those days
                    When my heart grew heavy I
                   Recalled a happier time

That of being a child
My world was everything
Everyday began a new forever
A time of make-believe     

                        Without a day to regress to
                       As a child I used to wish
                       For a morning with Amnesia

Someday today
will be a happier time
A time of Confusion
A time of Growth

Today is a lost time and
A time to be remembered

Author's Note

So let me know what you think. Good stuff and especially bad stuff, that way I can get better.

Photo credit: Rose-colored Glasses by grinzekatze Deviantart

Reviews

[Abdul Aziz]

Ah, how fitting that I should read your poem just after watching Midnight in Paris! The past appears somehow glorious even if we didn't value it while we lived it. But nostalgia doubles back on itself. Our past selves used to reminisce on their past, and so on, till the day we were born. I guess we should rather concentrate on the present than reminisce about the past. Great concept, well executed.
I'm not able to point out any "bad stuff" in this poem. Sorry about that!

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I also like to be creative with structure and you have acheived this. The Hamburger poem, indicated that you are from the States but this confirms it ! Thanks