When we were young <br />we thought we were immortal. <br />We played at recess, and after <br />school, ran all the way home. <br />Barefooted, we moved over <br />rocks and sticks. <br />The only stop was at the bakery <br />and since we were children <br />we got fresh bread for less. <br /> <br />When we were young <br />there were no cell phones. <br />We lived in a rural district, <br />there were no phones at all, <br />except the ones we made, <br />out of empty milk cans <br />and a piece of cord. <br /> <br />When we were young <br />we made cars <br />out of sardine tins <br />and before we played house, <br />underneath the cellar, <br />we carried water in pans. <br /> <br />When we were young <br />nothing scared us, <br />besides the reflections <br />on the banana trees, <br />on the way to the out-house, <br />on a dim-lit night.<br /><br />Buxton Shippy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-we-were-young-14/
