Looking Back

I looked in the mirror and what did I see?

But a lady with grey streaks, staring at me.

She had crow's feet in the corners of her eyes

And big shopping bags, which was a surprise!

It only seemed like a year and a day

When my pals called around and asked me to play;

With their long skipping ropes, and hula hoop rings,

Magna-doodles, gyroscopes and those funny springs

I remember the discos with bright spinning lights,

The hall full of teens, and the playground fights,

Marbles and 2 ball and if we were lucky,

We'd go to the shop and buy some Slush Puppie©!

We'd go to the park and play on the train,

And climb the tall slide, over and over again.

We'd play in the street until it got darker,

We'd knock on the doors, we'd turn and we'd scarper!

We thought we were cool in our bell-bottomed troose,

Our wide collared blouses and our platform shoes.

We listened to groups who wrote their own songs,

We'd never heard of computers and we never wore thongs!

Gone are the days of a simple childhood,

When T.V. wasn't colour; well, we thought it, good!

Now we have mobiles, computers and Wiis(TM)

Our lives seem so rushed, we don't take our ease!

So as I stared back, I gave a big grin,

As I just remembered the times I'd lived in!

The lady grinned back and so I could see,

That lady with grey streaks, really was me!

©Carolyn Davison 2010