Chimes of Innocent Times

The noises I remember as a child

Like the wind

Shaking the trees

Rattling branches

Tearing the leaves

Birds singing under the sun

And the buzzing of bees

Shops opening in the morning

The jangling of keys

Car doors closing

Bicycle bells ringing

First day at school

Children crying and clinging

The lapping of water

On a grassy bank

I threw a stone in the river

That so quickly sank

Walking home in the rain

As it slapped my face

The swishing of car tyres

Had an air of grace

The falling of snow

It’s silence sounding so sweet

The crunching that I made

Beneath my frozen feet

Oh to be a child again

Just to listen

To the chimes

Of such innocent times.

©JMcN2015