Simpler Days

Do you remember the days

when everything was so much simpler?

Every day was an adventure waiting to happen.

 

The only drug you knew was cough syrup...

The only wrappers you liked came on candy bars...

The only thing you got from girls was cooties...

The only curses you knew came from Harry Potter...

 

What ever happened to those days?

When did it all slip away?

What ever happened to the days when...

 

War, was just a card game...

Race issues, were just about who was faster...

Protection, meant wearing a helmet...

Getting high, meant swinging on the play ground...

 

What ever happened

to the days when emotions were so much simpler...

 

The worst pains you felt were from scraping your knee...

Going out meant heading for recess...

Good bye only meant until tomorrow...

 

But now everything is different.

Relationships gets shorter

while arguments grow longer.

 

What ever happened to the days when things were so much simpler?

Reviews

[Ethan Paz]

Wow! You are a very, very, very good poet. I like everything about this not one thing I would change. You are indeed very good. You held my intention the whole time. Don't change this poem, no don't! This is going to the library. ;) Keep up the good work, William.

[Brianna Brie]

It is so true! Life was so simple back then. Not much responsibility if any. I was afforded a chance to be a child. It was a time when all I had to do was run, jump and play. Now it feels like I have to go and be and do through force. Very nice write!

[Samuel Dickens]

Those days always seem to be in the past, my friend. No matter how old you get to be, the "simpler" times are always long gone. That has been my experience. Your poem is a nicely-written lament.