everything was better then

the sun always shone back when we were young

We had no responsibilities

the people we loved were still around

birthday cards came with cash inside

life was simpler

things tasted better

what was for tea was a surprise to us

chocolate bars were bigger - but we didn't know

there was food on the table 

we never appreciated how good the music was

we never listened to the radio stations we now miss

we never enjoyed the classic cars which then were just - normal 

the steam locomotives which pulled our trains

the family members we never imagined we'd loose 

we never knew how fondly we'd look back at those times

these times

times when we grumbled at having to go to school

do our homework 

Saturday jobs to earn some pocket money 

made to eat all of our veg

to eat what was put in front of us

having to go to bed at a set time

having to only watch what our parents thought appropriate 

this past 

painted with the rosy tint of retrospection

we were young and care free

everything came without cost 

the past

a time now gone 

which we remember fondly

a time we consider 

better than the time we are in now

remembered with emotional intensity 

but only the positive 

forgetting the negative 

the scraped knees which hurt us

our mind

distorting 

idealizing 

time which now deceives us

which now our mind misconstrues

the past - but not forgetting 

the present - these days now

will be the yesterdays of tomorrow 

for

everything was better then - wasn't it?