Barbara’s Poetry From The Heart Corner
My mind slips back to formative years
leap through the air…without a fear.
Pedal my bike as fast as I could
landed on Dad’s new car…on the hood.
Learn to spell a word I’ve never heard
much less know how to pronounce the word.
Slip a plastic worm into teacher’s food
watch her face turn into an evil mood.
My mind drifts back to formative years
brings on laughter and sheds tears.
Jump on a sled and race down a hill
my heart leaps with lots of thrills.
The mud cakes didn’t taste good
never to replace home-cooked food.
Sneak kisses behind a tree
my heart pitter-pattered with joyful glee.
My mind slides back to formative years
countless nights under covers…full of fears.
Soaring through water completing a nosedive
it’s a miracle I surfaced…yet alive.
Delivered newspapers far and wide
finished with pleasure and lots of pride.
Money earned mine to keep
it would last for maybe a week.
My mind soars back to formative years
my first fight…brought a load of tears.
I began to bloom like most girls do
crying for hours…in a bad mood.
Years were full of bombshells and fun
kept me fast paced and on the run
captured life to the fullest…with all I had
cannot say I was good…many times bad.
My mind leaps back to formative years
memories embedded with joy and cheer.
Those years are behind me now…
I struggled through the aging process somehow.
Barbara Kasey Smith is the writer of this poem – Copyright 2007 – Use by Permission
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