~ The Poet's Place Cafe~

Berkeley Time Travels

I grew up in Berkeley, California
in the turbulent fabled late 60's
and in Berkeley in those days
time seem to stand still

on the corner of Dwight and Telegraph
across from People's park
it seem to be always May 1969

with the man
down the street
oppressing the hippies
on the street

as they smoked their weed
dodging the bored cops
who looked the other way
if they did not partake

and then I went to college
in the valley
and as I drove into Stockton
I felt I was traveling again

in time
back to the fabled 50's
as Stockton was also
stuck in a time warp of sorts

and as I left the Bay area
and traveled the world
I would come back
to that corner

and just be there
stuck in May 1969
again
marveling at the changes

that had and had not occurred
to the corner of the land
forever stuck in time
and space