When We Look At Our Past What Do We See

I spend more time than most dreaming about a future that won't be here for the next thirty or more years

I feel it

I see it

I understand it

People and technology haven't found each other

They are going one way and then the other

All trying to do what is possible but what about what is natural

How come the modern world forgets about nature and all it's clues

We live on a planet that has so many benefits for all mankind

People insist on finding happiness in the nature of the beast

Not in life and the people we get to know and love

We have become so advanced but just a little out of bounds

We have so many things that make our life so much easier than 30 years ago

But some how we find ways to complain and the best is never good enough

Everything is speed and how do I get something that is ready tomorrow today

When will we just enjoy what we have and share it with others who have less

I remember growing up I was excited to get a cool shirt or sweater for Christmas

Don't get me wrong I loved the toys too

But I appreciated both not one and not the other

Today if you get some young person a shirt they say thanks under their breath

Really all they want is money

So they can buy computer games and play with them for a few months until they get board

Then they stopped playing with the game because they want something new that just came out

A new game system,new games

I remember having a board game like monopoly and always pulling the same game out year after year

Sure new versions came out but I didn't go out and buy them

Maybe someone else did and we shared

One time we would play their game one time we would play mine

Now it's every man for himself

My games and you have to get your own

Am I missing the point ?

To me there is no point

It was just about having fun

Not about spending money and having the best there is

Looking back over the years

I had alot of fun

I will have those memories forever

Now when work is top priority and little time for anything else

How I wish I could go back and relive those days

But it wouldn't be the same because people have changed

Now if you were playing a board game a cell phone would ring

The other player would probably talk all through the game to another friend

What ever happened to enjoying what you are doing now

Instead people don't want to sit down and eat

They want to grab a bite and go

No time for small talk

I need a ride not I will walk

What happened to a simple yoyo

It never got old

Now if it doesn't move by itself in ten different directions who wants it

I hope I am over exagerating

But when I see children with $140.00 sneakers to wear out to play

I don't think so

I have lived and enjoyed many things

But one thing I never got for myself is a pair of ripped jeans and hooped earrings

Then was then and now is here to stay until new dreams change this day