Remembering Children At Play.

She came here

with her children

to play on swings and slide

watching them play

and the sounds

of their arguments and laughter

still echo in her mind

as she sits and stares

watching other children play

on the new swings and slide

and climbing frame

with parents watching.

Half century has ago

she sat and witnessed her own

at play with the innocence of childhood

unaware of the future

waiting for them all.

She sees them now and then

with families of their own

busy as bees

rushing to and fro

up to their eyes

in debts and woes.

She imagines them

as they were

playing on swings and slide

laughing and arguing

in childhood games

smiles and tears.

What happened

she muses

to all those years?

Reviews

[Neha agrawal]

Such a tender, nostalgic piece captures the quiet ache of time passing and the beauty of memories that never quite fade. Truly moving.

[Terry Collett]

Thank you, Neha