I miss Kora so much...

I miss Kora so much...

Simple are the gifts

Too easily forgot

When as likely as not

The sun always

Seemed to shine

Squeals of delight

Were two a penny

Holding hands

Spinning in a circle

Until we all fell down

In those days long gone

Dizziness

Beget peels of joy

For a boy

With knobbly knees

In days filled

With climbing trees

Pitch and toss

French cricket

Was just the ticket

A swim in the stream

Wearing underpants

What a lark

Too young for

A skinny dip in the dark

Older brothers

With girlfriends

Claimed that as a right

Perhaps it was yours

On another night

Playing football in the park

Until bedtime

Horlicks for energy

Ovaltine to sleep

Either one best avoided

Until we were exhausted

Bed Sheets draped over

A clothes horse made

A secret camp

If it was not too damp

It would stand

Like a bivouac

In the garden

For us all to sleep in

Beneath the stars

With a stash of biscuits

Home made Lemonade

And Mars bars

We rarely made it through

Without a scare

Even though nothing

Much was ever there

A Fox on the prowl

Would bring a

Low growl

From the dog

A hoot from an owl

Would drift by

In the fog

As we huddled together

In fright

Daring ourselves

To stay the night

Simple were the days

Before

Grown up ways

Made life so complicated

When we were

Wet behind the ears

Shed unsophisticated tears

Were never

Bigger than our size

Really tough

Or worldly wise.