We were...
innocent,
inexperienced,
young green shoots,
laughing at jokes we didn't get
the songs of the time we didn't care for
but now we think
these were the soundtracks of our childhood.
Chasing girls but we didn't know why
with our friends
class mates
best mates!
We were sons and brothers
knowing little - but we discovered
stepping out
exploring the boundaries.
We played football in a school playground - now demolished
discovered cigarettes down at the park - now built upon
chased love - whatever that was!
We knew little
it's all now a long time ago
just memories.
This was our upbringing
the place where good times were stamped into our hearts
the place that made us
the place before the world
shaped us into what you see today
inflicting the scars that gave us wisdom.
We became husbands
fathers
some of us grandfathers
complete in life
now putting our feet up
having watched our children
innocent and inexperienced
young green shoots
laughing at jokes they didn't get
they stepped out
and explored their boundaries
and chased girls
found love
a subject which
through them...
we now really understand.
