Remembering The Sixties

Remembering the sixties We all have a lifetime of memories, some bad, some good Some we'd change if we could. Like the passing of a loved one that left us behind Yet we still see their face in our mind. A joke, a laughter, a smile or two These are things that we once knew. Going to a party or a community dance and wearing Those Bell Bottom pants. We are now called Baby Boomers from the sixties Who got high on Acid, Pot and Whiskey. You could find pot everywhere, and people were willing to share. Then came the biggest event of that time " WOODSTOCK " Where everyone got blind. There was flower power and protesters against the Vietnam war And many draftees ran to the Canadian shores. I was still in the Army in 63 and to Birmingham Alabama Is where they would send me. The desegregation had just begun and the Alabama governor was on the run. Twice he tried and twice he failed and had his head between his tail. This was the time that the sixties went into the history books And all the lives that it took. In August of 62 Marilyn Monroe died In November of 63 it was JFK who w0as assassinated In April of 68 it was Martin Luther King assassinated In June of 68 it was Robert F. Kennedy assassinated Then came Woodstock art and music festival 8/15-8/19/69 I recall in the villages of lower Manhattan when coffee shops Were filled with beatnik poets with their beards and long hair And their music and poetry they was willing to share. Times were so much different then. where you would meet Someone and they would become your friend. Now I leave this thought to you " remembering the sixties " Is a dream come true. © L. RAMS 071817