VHS Tapes

We came across old family video tapes...
Antiquated by digital standards of today
Inspired to look back into days gone by
Where time and laughter do not decay

Birthdays, Christmas parties, weddings,
Recitals, soccer games, and parades...
Seems strange to watch the scenes
as memories revisit ageless decades

Grandkids, now in their twenties
looked so adorable and free of woes
smiling shyly… trying not to give notice
Growing year by year right under my nose

Hearing: is that Joe, he looks different
Hey Dad, you were thin back then…
Look there's Grandpa Gary, Aunt Annie,
and cousin Gloria… geez I miss them

1/31/2012

poem by Theresa Ann Moore
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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