CHILDREN NO MORE

A picture hangs on my wall

it’s a photograph taken by me

of two little girls by the riverside

fishing there with me.
 

One is fishing with her home made rod

that her Grandpa made

the other with her little net

for which her pocket money paid.
 

They didn’t catch any fish that day

not even a tiddler or two

but they still had a happy day

and their picture taken too!
 

They’re grown up now Children no more

though one at home still stays

the other has gone away

to live her student days.
 

They always loved the riverside

and being there with me

but if they had a special place

it was being by the sea.
 

Now sometimes when I walk across a beach

my mind plays tricks on me

I can hear their little voices shout

“we’re playing in the sea!”
 

I see their smiling faces

happy on the beach

and little footprints in the sand

made by their tiny feet.
 

They’re grown up now Children no more

living life’s laughter and tears

and I wonder if they still remember

those special childhood years.