<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=428408" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Rosie Cheeks</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When did the children stop embracing<br>The wind in their hair<br>Downhill racing, bright orange skies<br>With no due care<br>When did they all go home and scrub up their smiles<br>No longer free spirits to roam<br>With hours to while<br>Away with friends down by the railway track<br>Find a new hiding spot<br>Sharing cheap wrappered snacks<br>Whispering secrets<br>And a fight for their space <br>What happened to good ole fashion dirt<br>Smeared as a memoir, now<br>Replaced<br>By sterile little ones<br>Squashed within dry stone walls<br>Electrical wizardry<br>Beats, muddied deflated balls<br>Why did the children decide now<br>To stay at home<br>No longer free spirits<br>Til dusk out to roam<br>No longer bicycles skipping ropes<br>And girls chewing gum<br>High heels on tiny feet<br>Impersonating mum<br>No longer unkempt hair pursing their friends<br>No longer blood brothers<br>Promised to the end<br>Poor little ones gaze at a two dimensional spot<br>Wish they'de step outside<br>Rosie cheeks the vision that time forgot</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Karen+Sinclair">Karen Sinclair</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=428408" data-title="Rosie Cheeks de Karen Sinclair" data-description="When did the children stop embracing The wind in their hair Downhill racing, bright orange skies With no due care When did they all go home and scrub up their smiles No longer free spirits to roam With hours to while Away with friends down by the ..."></div> </div> </div>

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