Those Days Are Gone


When I was young and days were fun,
when yesterdays faded fast,
today is all there was,
and tomorrow was something for adults,
I never dreamed I'd have to face reality.

When girlfriend prayers were most important,
church was a social event,
soft-drinks were better than beer,
and dancing in the grass on summer nights
was life itself,

When days at the beach,
drive-in dates,
Frost Top's juke box
and holding hands made days complete,
I never thought there'd be more than that…

When boyhood ended,
girls became women,
graduation was over,
Frost-top closed it's doors
and tomorrow had come…

Those days were gone.
Memories of a past
that was life itself,
of a time that was idyllic and free,
dreams of the child inside of me.

W. James Beard, Jr.