Bygone Times

Bygone Times

Bygone times

Bygone days

Someone’s memory

Now passed down for every generation to remind and to tell

So unbelievable

It will never seem real

When Christmas Stockings were your normal sock hung on a bedhook

An apple and a clementine blew your mind

To receive a simple toy brought such unbelievable joy

If you were naughty

A bag of cinders is all you received

When food tasted so deliciously good

Even juicy fat was so naturally tasty and good for you

So mouth watering and amazing sweet aroma

We hardly experience this beautiful taste today

When people believed ships would never sail under water (a submarine)

When people believed tunnels would never be built under the deep seas or ginormous bridges built over many seas

When people believed iron planes would never fly

When motor cars and motorbikes were just invented

Slowly taking over from wonderful horses

A new mechanical horsepower

Living to see mankind visit the moon and space

How can you ever imagine or even contemplate

When in the First World War

Soldiers from both sides

Prayed to the same god

Each Sunday

On Christmas morning

Playing a friendly game of football

Only to fight each other?

In this most horrific and most deadly war of all

It is hard to imagine at all

A time I could not begin to know

How very hard and yet wonderful time to live

I could never reach out and touch

I could never live, experience and feel

I am so privileged

To experience a small insight through my Grandad’s amazing eyes

This is a just a smidgeon of his long life

We are so privileged today in our lives

An apple and a clementine once blew my Grandad’s mind

My Grandad lived through the most innovating and life changing times

Most scary and wonderful times

He witnessed amazing progress in his lifetime

Now we fast forward

If my Grandad were here today

He would witness progress stopped or going somewhat backwards

Yet in many ways we still continue to progress

What is next in our history?

Bygone time

Bygone days

That will be us one day

Someone’s memory

Now passed down for every generation to remind and to tell

Toria

5/12/2021