Day's Gone By

If I could turn back the time,
And repeat my childhood years,
I would take special time out,
For ones I miss, and now shed my tears.

My Grandma was an Angel,
She knew what "Family" meant,
She taught us about compassion,
And a love, that never ends.

She always made us feel welcome,
She'd put her chores aside,
She always made us breakfast,
Even tho it was their dinner time.

How I wish I had spent more time,
With her in my "older years",
For I now miss her badly,
And can only share my tears.

My "Papaw" was a jokster,
Pulling pranks on all the kids,
He'd get you when your weren't looking,
Like when you closed your eyelids!

The faint smell of grease always lingered,
For he'd been in his tool shed,
Repairing an old lawn mower,
Fussing, and turning red.

I look back on these joyous times,
How my daddy said it would go fast,
But when your young, you don't realize,
Your too busy "making tracks".

My brother and me would go fishing,
I always seemed to fall in,
He'd jump in and drag me out,
And we'd start all over again.

20 years have passed since then,
And I have a child of my own....
I wonder if she will think these things,
When she is 30, and grown.