Not Easier But Better...

Those days were no easier but oh, they were better! 

These days gone as well;-))

Writer's Digest PAD Challenge day 27: For today’s prompt, write a take off poem.

What lovely days back then

When business-worlds shut down

One day a week and everyone

Stayed out of stores in town

To sit upon a porch

On Sunday afternoon

Or stroll with family among

Spring’s forget-me-not bloom

What lovely days they were

One day a week for prayer

To worship the Creator

For the blessing of His care

To pause from toil’s demand

To picnic with a book

To linger in the hammock

Or to dally by the brook

...and on each Sunday morn

The steeple bells would toll

And worshipers would gather

 To consider God and soul

Awed by the sacred size

Of man's few days on earth

When that which never dies

Reveals its sacred worth

No expectation wore

The work-a-day man cold

With seven-day appointments

For a boss thirsty for gold

...because one day a week

The work-world took a break

What lovely days they were

Lost for a dollar’s sake

© Janet Martin