Intended for August but I mixed up my dates and it appeared on 31 July.  Oops.  So here it is again.

..................................................................................................................................................

Written following a memorable blue-sky afternoon looking out over Preston Sands, Torbay.

Pausing high above the beach,

I watch the children out of reach,

Racing down the golden sand,

Leaping...laughing...hand in hand.

 

Children dancing in the sea

Remind me how I used to be;

Free from care and full of fun,

A happy boy beneath the sun.

 

Time goes by, yet time stands still,

And moment follows moment till

What is now once went before,

And what is past returns once more.

 

I watch the children in the sea,

And when I laugh, they laugh with me;

And when they shout, I shout with joy!

Again I am that happy boy.

..........................................................

Produced and recited by Peter Dymond on "Poetry To Please".  Thanks Pete!