Photo by Bruno Nascimento on Unsplash
Do you remember
do you remember
the minutiae of a world
in the cracks of a bluestone wall
where sparkling bits of gravel
and sand and tiny rocks
would nestle and we’d
trickle them through
our fingers carefully
arranging them in little piles
do you remember
the hollows in the ground behind
curves of tree roots and
small sticks and sandy soil,
leaves and pollen from
fallen flowers, the smell
of school recess
do you remember
our shared and sacred world
created together
our act of mutual dreaming
utter absorption of children
together in something
no one else would understand
but us two
do you remember
how we looked so closely
and loved
mundane sections of ground
or a cut down log,
the whorls in a tree and
scrubby clearings near
stiff iron-squared fences
a place where we conjured
our own folklore of
kids with dusty feet or
puddles when it rained and
slicked down gum leaves
fascinating, secret
but not hidden because
only our eyes could see
what we invented there
do you remember
do you remember?
clairevetica 
Sweet and skillful xo
Beautiful! It brought back memories of my childhood 🙂
ah so you do remember… even if it’s same but different 🙂 thankyou!
This is beautiful. It made me cry a little. I didn’t realise how much of my child’s eye view of the world I’d lost. Must work on getting that back 🙂
Thankyou, that is lovely. I’m constantly reminded now that my kid is primary school age 🙂
Ohh yes, I remember. Thank you for taking me back.
Thankyou – I love a happy trip down memory lane. And I’m flattered by the reblog ! X
Most people look back with fond memories, but you got down on your knees and gave us back our kid’s eye perspective. That’s what we forget to do.
I love to reblog great posts 😉 ❤
Reblogged this on Writers Envy and commented:
Do you?
Reblogged on Writersenvy.me. 😊
Your lovely poem reminds me of “Remember a Day” by Pink Floyd:
http://tinyurl.com/y9zdh46s
thank-you, what a compliment!
Beautiful 👌
Thankyou!