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silent whispers Junior Member
since 2001-07-07
Posts 40Alaska |
I went back to the playground where we used to play The swings were broken and the monkey bars were rusted beyond repair That giant, thick oak that we thought would live forever was cut down Removed to make room for a brick fence built to keep children out A new playground was on the other side created with brightly coloured plastic It seemed fitting some how, now that we build our lives on credit cards New children build their lives on a foundation created by the smae thing The sand box had been filled in with cement to form a four-square court I almost wished I had a rubber ball, I used to love that game The building next door that way played dodge ball against is still there But it wont be for long, for it's now covered with "condemed building" signs I went back to the playground where we used to play I wish you had been there with me to see what I saw I went back to see children still learning to play together See boys jumping off the swings, and girls crawling over monkey bars I hoped to climb up that great big tree to prove that joy can last I yearned to laugh with kids going down the slide, two at a time To read new thoughts in the concreate tube where we always talked I peered over that brick wall into the new world of youth There was no lughter of children playing No monkey bars at all existed Children sat compliantly on the swings waiting to be pushed There were no towering trees, nothing had been left to grow long enough The slide was too short for any trains and plastic doesn't listen I went back to the playground where we used to play And I realized how much we had lost by not returning earlier memmories are photo albums in your heart. |
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Ginners Member
since 2000-07-22
Posts 339Mullica Hill, New Jersey |
awwww, this was sad it almost made me cry. i am only 17 and when i go back to where i grew up it makes me sad to see how much it has all changed. |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
shaking my head here..because I missed this one somewhere along the way. Its too good to be at the bottom. Enjoyed. I will not bend to the cowardice of a silent judgement. |
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