Looking Back

Back in my day you could find anything online
Back in my day kids used laptops in school
Back in my day Pluto was a planet
Back in my day mp3s were cool and new
Back in my day we played CDs and marveled at parents' record collections
Back in my day we walked to school
Back in my day music was music
Back in my day we had to fight for the right to vote
Back in my day side-ponytails were cool
Back in my day TV only played a few shows a day
Back in my day we listened to stories on the radio
Back in my day most homes didn't have electricity or indoor plumbing
Back in my day the ocean froze enough in winter to take our horses and wagons out to the islands
Back in my day the world was flat
Back in my day cities were new
Back in my day (cave paintings) graffiti was okay, we called it art.
Now you call it history.

But the world develops differently
In different places
At different rates.

So much can be said
For some and not for others.
What do you want to say?

Slavery existed "back in the day"
Racial inequality existed "back in the day"
Women fought for equal rights "back in the day"
Homosexuals and other minorities fought for validation "back in the day"
Now we call it history, looking back.