There was a time in your early life, <br />That you saw the world with wonder. <br />A summer sky, filled with fluffy, floating clouds. <br /> <br />And heat never mattered and didn't bother you. <br />The wind blew through your hair and, <br />Whispered secrets at your attentive ear, <br /> <br />There was a time in your early life, <br />That you would gaze with wonder at the night skies. <br />And the stars, so close, and yet so infinitely far. <br /> <br />Walking down the canal bank looking for blue gills, <br />Finding a deep hole where they would go to escape the heat. <br />And pulling out a bunch for supper. <br /> <br />There was a time in your early life, <br />When alone you would walk through the orchards, <br />Smelling the blossoms and picking a ripe orange to eat. <br /> <br />Oh the times you would lay awake at night, <br />Listening to the singing of the frogs and toads, <br />After one of those sudden drenching thunderstorms. <br /> <br />There was a time in your early life, <br />When all that mattered, was waiting for you, <br />Right there in your own backyard. <br /> <br />And you never looked on the other side of the fence, <br />Because you knew deep in your heart, <br />That your backyard had the greenest grass. <br /> <br />9/21/11 Alton Texas<br /><br />Juan Olivarez<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-was-a-time-13/
