There Was A Time Poem by Frank Avon

There was a time -
but that was times and time ago
times and time ago...

there was a time
when poetry lived on my lips
and in my pen
and then

there was a time
when life sprang from my loins
and lived on
and then

there was a time
when children played about my feet
and in my yard
and in the woods
down the hill to the pond
and then

there was a time when
words came smoothly
and laughter readily
and tears rarely
and timelessness often
and then -

but that was times ago
time and times ago.