Country Colored Memories
Shouts in the air
Children running here and there
Lightning bugs flying by
I try to catch him but he’s too high
The sound of laughter fills my ear
As I think back to younger years
My senses filled up to the rim
Childhood memories safe within
Lightning bugs flying by
The backdrop of a starlit sky
I catch me one in a mason jar
It’s shining bright just like the stars
Dignity wrapped in graceThe quiet smile on a face Dressed to the ninesHer walk is always refined No unpretentious movesA vision of her soothes Her clothes impeccableHer style unforgettable It was a different time and placeThat Era is gone. Not...
The homesteaders’ prized possessionwas his Windmill on the plains Bringing water to his crops by handhad been his most significant pain With shifting winds, they worked so wellA water pump the Windmill was swell Watering the crops and animals, and...
We were movie stars, but we didn’t knowOur small faces pressed up against the car window glassWe were the passerby’s show Our car loaded down to capacitychildren pressed in like sardinesventuring to the nearby city Going into town with our...
Mollybeesmemories readers: I appreciate your interest and support in this blog site. I added a translator to include my distant readers.I write about things I remember from my childhood, mainly from the nineteen fifties and sixties. I also love nature...