Remember when we were kids,

Even if in life we were on the skids,

Snow meant days off from school,

Snowball fights, never being cruel…

No worries of driving in the snow,

Will I get to work on time in this blow,

Just happy feelings of playing with friends,

Above all else happiness transcends…

Snow on the beach was for me a trip,

My parents though needed to get a grip,

If the weather was cold enough to snow,

And it was able to lay on the beach,

Maybe the salt water would freeze,

Making ice hockey within reach…

No surfing in the dead of winter,

Not even the bravest went out,

Long before wet suit technologies came about,

But the waves were there for us to about dream,

Mom & dad in the background reminding us against the frosty extremes…

© ed J 12/3/06