Tragic Rabbit Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 http://tragicrabbit.org/poems/Kodak_Colors.htm Kodak Colors Dancing through the sprinkler, Making ice cream on the lawn; Summers last forever In those boyhood days long gone. Winters by the fireplace, Silver-tinseled Christmas trees, Cocoa in the kitchen: Such sweet yesterdays are these. Faded shades in Kodak Color childhood memories, Time tarnishes the tears Dulls down sorrow by degrees. Till you?re left with pictures And bright moments in your mind; All anguish of young years Left deliberately behind. If we let truth guide us And remembered how youth hurt, Would we see with clear eyes? Toss nostalgia to the dirt? Easier to recall As such simpler saccharine days, Painless just to think back Through a reminiscent haze. We shy from honesty, Hide hard truths up high on shelves, Keep closer to our hearts Tender lies we tell ourselves. From the breakfast table Until tucked in at bedtime: Each day?s paradise lost, Segued into sleep sublime. We say we would go back And be children if we could, How can years so bitter Become so misunderstood? Friends who say they hate you, Boys who never let you play; Punishment and penance, These all contradict clich?. Homework, chores and curfews Secret plots to run away, Yearning for acceptance Are what filled our childhood days. We banish remembrance All but dreamlike Kodak scenes, Cling to happy moments But stay blind to what they mean. * Link to comment
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