Village child

[billy]

i think i'm doing the right one

Rumpled grey-sock days
scuffed-shoe, scabbed-knee days
distances were longer then
closer to the ground.
nice opener, specially the last two lines creates a good memory for the older reader. (me )
Dampstung colt legs buck for me it would read better with a hyphen between damp and stung.
in awkward grace
to crazy rhythms
of bumping satchel books,good image
kick at invisible traces
along tree- tunnelled lanes tree-tunnelled
solitary.would this work better as the 5th line?

Trees and fields grow thin
draped in sad cobweb rags
of rising river mists
muddy leaves lie in heavy drifts
still, dull as the blood -matted fur
and empty green eyes
of the tortoiseshell cat
in the gutter
dead. is this needed?

i like nostalgic poems which i thought this was.
nothing much in the way of constructive feedback apart from the hyphen things. and a line or two. some great images and a poem i could resonate with. (jmo)
thanks for the read