dappled thoughts

...memories


drove past my old sec school along steven road a couple of days ago.
saw a girl, in the familiar washed out navy-blue pinafore--belt slightly too low, skirt slightly too short, hair in a swinging ponytail, face a look of youthful anticipation and carefree defiance..
she looked just like a girl i knew back in pinafore days..
memories came flooding back, nostalgia hit me hard.

miss those good old days..of innocence, carelessness, simple wants, hardly any needs..honest laughter, naive tears, true blue friends who stuck by you through competitions & detentions..

and i remember they made us sing this song during music class..the tune has stayed with me through all these years.

BOTH SIDES, NOW

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere, i've looked at cloud that way.

But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone.

So many things i would have done but clouds got in my way.

I've looked at clouds from both sides now,

From up and down,

and still somehow

It's cloud illusions i recall.

I really don't know clouds at all.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say "i love you" right out loud,

Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, i've looked at life that way.

But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they sayI've changed.

Something's lost but something's gained in living every day.

I've looked at life from both sides now,

From win and lose,

and still somehow

It's life's illusions i recall.

I really don't know life at all.