Accidental Poet

The Town I Grew Up In

 

Well, I remember the good ‘ole days

In my home town

Swimming at the beach

And warm Summer sounds

 

The baseball park

At the end of my street

Or the trails through the woods

Go my running feet

 

Riding my bike to

Ronnie Shone’s corner store

Or somewhere else

I never been before

 

Front Street sure has changed

Next to the harbor pier was the Quarter Deck

Now it’s The Lucky Finn

All I could say is “What the heck”

 

I remember mom took me for

New shoes at Combs Shoe Store

Where is my youth?

My Scituate I want to restore

 

And the Quincy Gas Station where

Mom got S&H Green stamps with her gas

Now renovated to another bank

Might as well knock it down and grow grass

 

I used to go with mom into the bank

Like yesterday, I remember the Rockland Trust

Low and behold it’s still there

And inside still looks like it was

 

Over the years the town has changed

Gone now are places I used to know

Why does time have to change

The places I must let go

 

The Scituate I loved so much

The way it used to be

They say change is inevitable

But you can’t change me