~Take Me Back~

Oh how I long for yesterday,

When life was fun and filled with glee;

My heart was light, my spirit free,

And all I did was laugh and play.

The winds of fate have blown away

The carefree girl that once was me;

Oh how I long for yesterday,

When life was fun and filled with glee.

My clock ticks on, I can't delay

Old Father Time's incessant plea,

But if I could I would decree

One final youthful grand hooray;

Oh how I long for yesterday.

~Copyright © 1995 Ruth Gillis~

First published in the

Summer 1995 issue of Feelings

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