Longing To Return

I gaze into the stars 
My world becomes less clear

Playing in my head

The memories I hold dear

Yearning for the days

That seem so long behind 

When I could be and do

Whatever came to mind

Playing in the yard 

A stick became a sword 

With a wild imagination 

I was never really bored 

Looking back now

It all went by so fast 

How I wish to return 

To that childhood long past