There was a girl <br />who said that she'd hold me <br />would love and behold me <br />way back in my youth <br />we drifted apart <br />as did many there after <br />the love and the laughter <br />well I'm living proof <br /> <br />And oh it's a pleasure <br />to live lifes endeavours <br />and savour the wonders <br />of all you hold dear <br />so don't be afraid <br />it's life that your after <br />the tears and the laughter <br />are all yours my dear <br /> <br />There was a time <br />when the air tasted sweeter <br />fly away Peter <br />I ran and I played <br />but childhood won't last <br />so don't let the grass <br />grow from under your feet <br />stay ahead of the game <br /> <br />There was a boy <br />who thought life was pretty <br />the nit and the gritty <br />were all something new <br />an innocence gone <br />he sits back and wonders <br />he thinks and he ponders <br />what he's been through <br /> <br />Now an old man <br />the lights getting dimmer <br />a saint or a sinner <br />he hears no reply <br />he still carries on <br />but takes it more easy <br />experience tells him <br />the world will go on.<br /><br />Charles M. Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/there-was-a-time/
