Little River Band - Reminiscing

i remember
them so well

friday nights

we would bop
till we dropped
to them live
before they were known

i
so young
so stupid
so happy
so unhappy
all at once

always in love
with someone
who would break
my heart
instantaneously recovering
to do it all over again

it was always summer
back then
the road ahead was endless

now at the pointy end of life
'reminiscing'
gives me a fleeting scent
of that youthful time
like a pressed rose
lying between the pages of a book
never opened year in year out

i will always remember
the worker's cottage with the red door
sunflowers out the front
the squeaking gate
the leaky roof
the choko vine covering the hills hoist
all the parties and hilarity
that took place behind those walls

all memories

sparked by a song
making me a little sad
it has gone
they have gone
it all went so quickly

Saana Rizvi's Prompt Nights