Childhood ended in fire and rain
long endless Summers
lazing between logs
and salty raft
laughing with friends
as we raced
pell mell
towards teenagerhood
without a care
and many hopes
living moments
that stretched forever
into years away
from the sand
and the salt
and the wheeling gulls,
fifty years later
my eyes leak in fire and rain
thinking back
and smiling
deep in my heart
at the memories
held close to my chest
through marriages
children, divorce,
sadness, madness,
and sorrow,
remembered pure
like the times
that were then
sung today
by James Taylor
“Just yesterday morning…”
ml’25
(listening to James Taylor singing ‘Fire and Rain’ – and remembering. Original image by CT_Memmories at pixabay.com)