Do You Remember.....?

 Do you remember running through the field

Of yellow rape seed with such abandon?

You’d bump the scarecrow then you’d beg his pardon,

Marveling at such abundance revealed

When you inhaled the sweet odour of spring.

Such golden glory, oh Demeter she’d

Be proud.  Mayflies and butterflies would sing

For me.  My mother’s call I'd never heed

It when it came from the kitchen window.

The Japanese they call it nanohana,

I’d pick a bunch to give it to my Nanna

But, the sun would wane and then i’d have to go.

Such carefree days of youth were full of joy

Reminding me of when I was a boy.