Those bygone days

I want to go back to those bygone days of old when one listened to one’s peers when one needed to be told.. there wasn’t a thought of backchat, the word was ‘Respect’, but that’s how it used to be as I look back and recollect

I wish I could see my children’s children playing outside like I did.. without any fear as I ran away and hid, all alone by myself amidst a game of hide and seek.. but one could never trust a child in the dark nowadays, it’s not safe so to speak.. what has happened to society? where on earth did we go wrong, everybody watched out for one another, with a strong sense of belong

Oh how the times have sadly changed from when I was just a young lass, at school learning discipline, scared of my teacher in the class.. that seems to be the problem today, we treat our younguns like their adults.. alas we are our own worst enemy, we ought to learn from these results.. in the city it gets worse, one is almost afraid to stand alone.. pick pockets pinching to feed their habits, stealing handbags and your phone

Will there ever be a day, when it reverts to how it was before.. one  trusted their neighbours and didn’t even need to lock a door..I recall not that long ago, my parents telling me the very same.. but I wonder if they could come back now, they would be so scared.. what a shame