Friday, October 23, 2015

Heroes from Childhood



Heroes from Childhood

The tears reach but I don’t cry
My heroes from the past I see in my minds eye
Courage and bravery was so nonchalant for them
Witnessing life in a way few have before and none since then

I remember their names and faces until eternity
No flaws, very human and this is their gift to me
Nicknames abounded relative to skills appropriately
Super Swede, Sideways and Super Rat were said affectionately

Risk and death were a constant threat
Achievement the generator, stronger than that
A time before celebrity, when trust was respect
No intrusion into privacy, lots of characters and a champion-elect

Each October, we gathered upstate
At a track named Watkins Glen filled with color, holy real estate
All gone now but those times live on
I hear the music hauntingly and we’ll always be young

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