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Footsteps of Life

Youth

By Cindy CalderPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Visions flood the images of my mind’s eye

Of a happy, charmed point in time so random

When things were simple and so carefree

And a child laughed with ease and abandon.

The allure of the small, sweet birds flying above

The soothing sound and visage of the ocean’s roll

Bare toes mingling with rough grains of sand

The feel of warming sun on shoulders knowing no toil.

The sweet taste of homemade peach ice cream

Or ripe watermelon juice running down my chin

The chitter-chatter of adults filling the silence

Laughter, ease, security – all wrapped in a veil ever so thin.

Nights spent gazing at the star-studded skies

Dreaming of lands so far away and distant

Knowing no bounds with how our lives would twist and turn

And taking us to places dreamed of with little or no resistance.

Life is so simple and sweet when one is young

The hinges of the doorways have not yet spread

Opening to things that seek to drag and pull us elsewhere

And from the places whence we were once so well-placed to tread.

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About the Creator

Cindy Calder

From Charleston SC - "I am still learning." Michelangelo

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