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This is a tender poem that captures the innocence of youth and the bittersweet feeling of time passing. It reflects on childhood memories — the laughter, the simplicity, the wonder — and how, even though life has moved on, a part of that golden past still exists in our hearts.

With its gentle rhythm and emotional imagery, it feels like a soft echo of days we can’t return to, yet never fully lose. ❤️

“When We Were Golden”

We were the children of endless skies,
Chasing the wind where freedom lies,
Barefoot dreams on dusty ground,
Lost in laughter, never now found.

The world was small, yet full of skies,
Dreams were drawn in our young eyes.
We built our castles out of rain,
And broke them down, then laughed again.

No weight of time upon our chest,
Just twilight’s peace and evening rest.
A mother’s call, a father’s song,
Those simple notes still linger long.

Now roads have changed, the faces too,
The mirror shows a me I never knew.
But in my soul, that child remains,
Still dancing in that forgotten rains.

Yes, if I close my eyes, I see,
The child I was still lives in me,
Running through the fields of time,
Laughing true in a rhyme divine.

(Vijay Verma)
www.retiredkalam.com

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