the mind often traces back
to events of the past
the recall of these memories
endure and last

the day Johnny started school
in nineteen sixty three
the night the possum
jumped out of the old gum tree

the memories flood back
they are relived for a while
the ones that made you cry
so too the ones that made you smile

they are stored in the mind
for our recollection
pictures in our photograph galleries
our own personal collections

this is nostalgia
reflecting on events of past days
bought to mind every so often
when our thoughts are in recall phase