THE WONDER YEARS

It alright to lay still for a long time

Picturing memories as they hits hard

Striking cords in your emotional world

Transporting you to another zone

But as a child, what do I know?

I had no regrets, just fearless as the wind

Breezing through everywhere

With none to fear

We played in uncompleted buildings

Hunting lizards and squirrels 

Playing police and thief

Hide and seek

Making paper boats and placing it in a flowing stream

Making paper planes, light up the butt as we fling it in the air

Watching it crash land

Making mouthful sounds of it's explosion

Going into the bush to hunt for grasshoppers

Plucking pawpaw or cashew 

Stepping on soldier ants

Regretting why you were born

Dancing in the rain 

Feeling the heavy lashing on your skin

Drinking hot cocoa drink after

A sense of achievement runs down your spine

Walking slow by the dump site

Hoping you will see coins or toys

Well, you might be lucky at times

But luck don't come by easily

Getting home looking pretty rough after school

Uniform brownishly coloured under arm

Emitting horrible stench

Picking your nose and eating them

Rolling tyres and plastics covers up and down the street

Wearing torn shorts with multiple holes

Feeling wild and free as the smile runs deep

The wonder years in memories

@talk2leigh

27 sept 20

9:00pm