Those were the Days

for some, these words may be a warm reminder.. for others, maybe something to look forward to...

Those were the Days

 

I remember days

Much like today

When the sun   

shined so bright

The world could only

Be seen

Through half opened

Scrunched up eyes

 

Yes, those were

The days

When colours had

A shimmer and a

Meaning and a

Purpose

And they always

Matched

The test pot tops

 

Even on those

Rare Wet days

Everything still

Stayed so perfectly

Dry and warm

When blues were

Too numerous

To number and

Only babies ever cried

 

 

 

Author's Note

If ya dont now.. ya certainly will

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Last night I had a real downer. I started to dwell on what ifs. What if we don't get a vaccine, what if scientists can't come up with suitable medications to save lives. What if this is the new normal and we don't ever get back to what we had before. When I was pondering on how bleak that would be, I started to think of my grandchildren and sighed heavily. I have had a life of freedom. I haven't experienced restrictions before. How lucky I have been. If the colour fades for me, then so be it, but others will suffer far more. That is where I wandered in the avenues of your stanzas.

Chris

[Neville]

it serves no useful purpose does it .. I have spent a lot of time thinking about what we might once of had, but we never really know, do we … Many thanks for taking a stroll through me stanzas...….. Neville

[Chris Shaw]

I know one thing Neville. We take things for granted. Freedom is a precious thing. Happy to stroll through your stanzas :)

[Lorry]

How very true Neville. The sun is splitting the sky here today (No, really!) and that's after having snow on the hills yesterday, and I noticed how the sky was that kind of Mediterranean pale blue, which is the closest any of us will get to a summer holiday unless we start swimming now.
Also strange, in a spooky biscuits way, as when i visited my neighbour yesterday (i mean, of course in a completely social distancing kind of way) she was messing around with test pots and stencils, as those lady type girlies do. Whereas us blokey bloke blokes justmove furnitureto hide scuffs and stains. Bless 'em.
Ps... Only kidding ladies. 😀

[Neville]

Thanking you has developed into something of a reflex Lorry... the only thing is, I just can't thank you enough... I have even started mentioning you in my sleep by all accounts... My wife thinks I'm either having an affair with an HGV driver or with our local barmaid... am just not sure which she would prefer... My back has certainly improved tremendously since I discovered civic bang tho .. no more lugging sofa's anywhere :)

[Lorry]

The more yetell her I'm a big hairy scotsman, the higher her eyebrows will go 😀

[Neville]

If they rise any more, they'll get caught in the thatch...