Remembering Other Snowy Days

On Snowy Days

on snowy days
when the snow flies
and deep on the ground it lies
I think of another snowy day
long ago when children would play

snowmen and snow angels alike
much more fun than riding a bike
excitement in the air, flakes on eyelashes
memories growing fonder as time passes

wrapped up and hardly able to walk
around a fire we'd laugh and talk
pull out the old sleds once again
visit the hills, our winter friends

we had an old coke sign from a store
it flew down the hill, a thrill much more
than any sled you could steer or brake
only the bravest the sign would take

hot cocoa and roaring fires felt like June
blanket tents and naps in the afternoon
all those children now scattered far apart
but winter memories still live in each heart

somewhere in a basement or antique store
those old snow sleds could tell stories galore
coke sign lies rusting in a ditch somewhere
but our thoughts of it still take us there
on snowy days