Yesterday

I want to go back

please let me return

it's to those days of old

that my heart does now burn

The days of my youth

when all was for fun

to live them again

like a summer rerun

Return to those times

when my cares were so few

and there wasn't a worry

of what this world's going through

Life was so much simpler

when I was a boy

you see our days back then

were filled with laughter and joy

It's so much different now

those days they're gone forever

but the memories live on

and of theses I'll not sever

For when things get too much

and the burden too heavy

I'll remember my youth

and let it act as a levee

It may just be the floodgate

that's keeping me sane

not allowing the madness

of this world be a bane

Keeping the poisons of life

away from by heart

to renew my spirit

and make a fresh start

Although I wish to return

I know it can't be

the same as it was

except in my memory