Gold

Innocence was a sight to behold in the starting days of time
Children loved the sight of blooming sunflowers that came with the day’s new sunrise 
with the promise of new dreams, hope, and the taste of sweet lemonade
Happiness burst from the seams and the kids could become whatever they wanted to be
The little girls could become royalty, kings, queens wearing their golden crowns or famous singers holding their shiny grammy awards thanking the ever-growing fans for her success
The little boys were prancing around sporting the gold clunk of metal symbolizing he was an officer or scoring the winning touchdown just so they could hold the trophy that came with success .
Those were the good days the days seemed longer and the light seemed to shine brighter than all the lights that blocked out the darkness.

 More time passed, but that was the thing time was passing and light in the children faded into a thin glow that was rarely seen from the viewing eye
Years passed and the children’s dreams of being royalty, singers,  officers, athletes vanished 
Their minds were filled with the lies of society the lifestyle as they say; that is filled with money, sports cars, trophies to prove to the world that material matters more than a golden heart.
That riches are the dreams that should cloud the thoughts of being who they wanted to be in a ticking clock that withers away the memories of time well spent in the glow of the fireflies. 
The children grew up and gold and yellow were the same in their eyes.