LONG SUMMER DAYS

Those were the days so long ago,

When kid games passed the hours

Lazy days in the sun.

Playing catch, after steamy showers

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Those were days with friends

 Under porch shade from noontime sun

“Ashburn’s the best in the game”.

“Never, Mays is, he’s the one!”

They were the sweet days…

Running through the garden hose

Mom calls time out for lunch 

Ham and cheese on toast I chose.

 

Those were my fun days

Days that seemed to never end

Until the street lights said, “Let’s go”

And fireflies led us home again.

What full days they were

But when they're finally done

With gentle breezes in the pines

 I'd go to sleep while crickets sung

I loved my summer days

And wished they’d never end

But they did, as they always will

And it was time for school again

Short dark days of lessons learned

And hopes for ones to come.

For long days filled with games

Played once again in summer’s sun