How Could We?
How could we have forgotten the simple joys of childish pranks?
Fun days spent in friendship with the neighbor kids next door.
Games we played like, "kick the can" and
"hide and seek" or baseball in the empty lot next door.
How Could We Forget?...
"GI Joe's" and "Barbie dolls",
"Tinker toys" and "erector sets"
held us captive for hours on end.
How Could We Forget?.....
Do you remember when ..we played at war with plastic guns,
and when shot, argued over who had won.
Do You Remember When?......
Our children dying on the streets
play with guns that shoot real death.
Their mothers grieve the passing of their youth.
How Could We Forget?...
Our children out there having children.
Condemned to life without the joys of
youth.
HOW COULD WE FORGET?
Kevin F. Dustin
