OK ... this is not my poem... it was written by my 5th grade teacher in East Helena, Montana..

Her name is / was Mrs. Macaskill. I do not know if she is still around or if that is still her name.. our music teacher put it to music and we sang this song in the spring program in 1979. I still remember the melody and the words after all these years... and it is one of the few things I can play on piano.

This is a beautiful song.. and I would like to share it with you now:

Do you remember when

The forests were tall and the daisys were sweet

When the mossy carpet beneath our feet

Was soft and green

When life's shadows were painted on our souls.

Like a silken tapestry, like a silken tapestry.

When the songs floated in freshness

And slept beside a stream

When the wind carved his rhythm in the wind swept willow and pine

And the music was soft as it echoed off the rocks

Into the peaceful country side, like a silken tapestry.

When love grew wild like entangled vines

When you needed me and I needed you--

When the laughter came from our young happy hearts

And our captive souls were free, like a silken tapestry.

Do you remember when

We laughed in the sunshine and ran in the rain

When we washed away our pain

With the friendship that came but never shall go

When we shared our dreams in a place called yesterday

Weave your smile within me, like a silken tapestry.

When love grew wild like entangled vines

When you needed me and I needed you--

When the laughter came from our young happy hearts

And our captive souls were free, like a silken tapestry.

And our captive souls were free, like a silken tapestry.