where did our youth go?©

Kids today think they have it so hard
when they can't even enjoy a simple baseball card,
that came with a big stick of bubblegum
you tell them of it they think it's dumb.
Making snow angels to them would never be cool
they'd rather play video games after school,
my sweetheart and me
we had such simplicity.
They cry when mom can't take them to see a friend
what i remember is riding bikes to no end,
ahhh the mall's closed certain days of the year
back then we were out of luck....
come sunday we didn't have milk in the house here.
If you ask me us grown up kids have it rough
too many headaches w/all the gadgets and stuff,
my love and i'd sit and talk again and again
about the simple pleasures we had back then.
Catching lightning bugs in a jar
kids today don't even see what they are,
and what they are is God's way of saying
that kids today should be outside playing.
They're too busy w/technology so grand
and cellphone texting that they demand,
back when we met 29 years ago
this is stuff we didn't even know.
We played miniature golf on a regular basis
i kept the scorecards oh that time i miss,
in the scheme of things we got caught up in
on what kept us young we shoulda been focusin.
But we both grew old before our time
now i don't have that playmate of mine,
so to you kids young and old i say
keep fit keep young go outside and play!
Copyright©2011
Sally

 






Knock Knock on heaven's door
can Faron come out and play some more?!

A reminder is this lightning bug
of how he kept me glowing all safe and snug!!