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Childhood Summer Sonnet
 
 
In earlier days the sun seemed not to set
We played in golden streets ‘til parents called
Then bade farewell to pals with some regret
And into bed in cotton vests we crawled
 
We lay in bed as sunsets lit our walls
There seemed to be no darkness in our world
Then sprang awake again to playmates’ calls
The new day in full bloom as we unfurled
 
Those endless summers are as shadows now
Each solstice seems more precious by and by
And yet I keep my childhood August vow
To hold my freckled face turned to the sky
 
We know that autumn must give way to frost
That one day childhood innocence is lost
 
 
©  Austin Brady - August 2023
 
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