(It seems appropriate to post this poem in honor of Father’s Day.)   

                                               When had life moved me

                                                Beyond my modest youth

                                                Black and white photos

                                                Chronicled the years

                                                Family vacations of vast expanse                

                                                Yellowed polaroids measure time

                                                The years just move faster, I’m older

                                                Like early days of space exploration

                                                Stickball and bicycles

                                                Marbles and hoops

                                                Open fields laid waiting for

                                                Our imaginations to play

                                                When bikes gave way

                                                To cars and tinker

                                                Malt shops and friends

                                                Life slipped into second gear

                                                Adulthood beckoned me

                                                Leading a lengthy chase

                                                Such a natural progression

                                                In that era of kodachrome

                                                Third gear moved into fourth

                                                Windows down wind whipping

                                                Graying hair back with speed

                                                A freedom never old to me

                                                Slower gait brings simple joys,

                                                A stogie at sunset, happy brood

                                                Memories and laughter

                                                My pictures of the past

                                                                                              June 2011