Fay Slimm.

Once

 

Once.

 

Once upon a gone era when

minds were carefree 

and green fields were high

with adventure our

heedless heads we stuffed

with daydreaming

dares as running through

time\'s chance to test  

childhood ideals we loved 

excitement and

by sharing our pleasures  

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by trailing daisy-twines or

flying kites, taking 

home tiddlers in jam jars

we sought barefoot

glimpsing Eden so feared

nothing and thought

only in moments of seeing

gold in each buttercup.

 

Joy was for taking once upon

a gone age made

of young laughter bound with 

wonderment\'s action

before life shackled innocence

with adulthood chains.