When I Close My Eyes

Nodding off in my rocking chair
Eyelids heavy with fatigue
My mind relaxed, my body cozy
Daydreams bring intrigue

Bygone days flash through my mind
As if on a movie screen
Or pages flipping in a book
The memories sweet and keen

There's a picture from our wedding
And the boys when they were born
Here is Rocky's first day of school
With Tim looking so forlorn

Dreaming farther back in time
I envision us all as children
Not knowing what the future held
A whole life to be fulfilled then

Mother and Daddy young and happy
Before life made them both so harried
And pictures of us one after the other
As we fell in love and married

Homes that were filled with children
Where fun and laughter abounded
Grandparents playing kiddies games
With little ones they were surrounded

My mind selects the photographs
That make my old heart feel tender
Like changing channels on a TV set
To those precious times, I surrender

Sneaking a nap in the afternoon
Always brings a pleasant surprise
For I relive my yesterdays 
When I close my eyes

Kathleen McCoy Eldridge©
March 25, 2007
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