Life in small towns always comes at you
In little spurts. Those quick flourishes
Of exhilaration that will last
Only a few seconds are followed
By an eternity of boredom
There’s never anything in between
Either your heart pounds with excitement…
Or you’re taking a nap
Faded and long neglected
Hidden behind all the
Broken dreams of childhood
Once so crowded and loud
With so many voices
All screaming to be heard
You were so full of life
Now just a dying house
With nothing left to give
Don’t be deceived
Glory, fame or wealth
Cannot save you from death
Certain sorrow will be cast at your passing
Your family and if you’re lucky
A few good friends
Will morn you
But their grieving will be short-lived
With each turning season
Their memory of you will fade
Soon, no thought of you remains
Just another cold grey stone
In a field of stones
Will mark that you existed
Is it the beginning or the end?
I suppose no one can ever know
Yet each of us will make the journey
When it comes the time for us to go
We will take one last look behind us
And see our loved ones are looking back
With that last breath we sigh “I love you”
And then we fade slowly into black
We were the youngest of lovers
Crossing the threshold of desire
Impatient and heated
Souls burning with the fires of youth
Bathing in the sureness of immortality
I shook my fists at the world
Then hid inside you for refuge
Sanctuary from an uncaring world
Now I am ancient
Shadows of crosses dull my eyes
So many years have slid past
Since first we touched each other’s hearts
Our young love still consumes my thoughts
Fills my passions
As if it were but yesterday
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