Yesterday's Children

So many stories and never ending tales,

of a time long gone,

few decades back.

The time when they

spoke with their eyes

and wrote with their hearts.

The time when

the elders were feared

and the youth were muted.

The time when

there were towns,

but cities just a few.

We have heard the tales

of hard-work and hardship,

of simplicity and peace.

We have heard the tales

of the trouble they went through

to be who they are

and the work they did

to reach where they are.

We hear them loud and clear

no guilt,  just understand.

We learn from these tales-

the tales of Yesterday's Children.