I remember in the fifties we didn’t have a lot <br />We were always pleased with everything we had <br />I remember how we utilised the things that we had got <br />Making things we knew would make each other glad <br /> <br />I remember sticks of rhubarb were red but mainly green <br />Tasting sour it would shrivel up your face <br />I remember hide & seek we tried hard not to be seen <br />Or running fast and calling it a race <br /> <br />I remember playing football in the middle of the road <br />Using jackets as a makeshift sort of goal <br />I remember by the pond on the day we found a toad <br />Where the tadpoles swam around it in a shoal <br /> <br />I remember in the summer playing out till it was dark <br />Made up games from almost anything we found <br />I remember bits of wood that we took down to the park <br />Wickets, bats a ball we had a cricket ground <br /> <br />I remember setting standards for other kids to beat <br />Always being there to set the latest trends <br />I remember summer sun that gave out a pleasant heat <br />But I remember most those very special friends <br /> <br /> <br />© 2008 David Threadgold <br />Rambling Riddles & Rhymes<br /><br />David Threadgold www.davidthreadgold.com<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/5-friends/
