reflex
expectations were unnecessary.
life's moment(s) gave all needs
reason enough to be.
days were colored black and white
of yesteryears,
sherbet hues
of summers to come. it was all
that was required.
Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker
Photo of "LilRicky" by Ina Jean Stovall Garner, circa 1960.
oh those black and white days....
ReplyDeletesuch a cutie, even back then ")
Ah, gee, thanks Suz! lol,....We were all cuties when we were kids! I'm digging through boxes of photos. So much can be written and remembered!
ReplyDeletelove how you captured the thuth of 'those were the days when all that mattered was the day itself.'
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