Of shallow pools, lucky stars and footprints
Traveling on a wave back through time
High top sneakers, t-shirts and torn blue jeans
Drifting sand dunes with daylight to climb
Memories of mountains in winter white
Wooden skis, leather boots bound with string
Shredding moguls down Snowfield at Cliffs Ridge
Every season brought reason to sing
Steps through town took me to another state
As so often, the life of a child
New friends and a wish to return, someday
Reminiscing, I laughed and I smiled
© 2025 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
Cats in the Cradle, by Harry Chapin (1974) – see lyrics here.
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