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I’m trapped beneath age’s scorching sun Tossed by indecisive winds I walk alone in the chilled night Lost in shadows misguiding light Fortress of adulthood shaky Held in sage By apparitions of careless days I must find the combination Swing open ancient memories gate Grant my brief escape So that I might touch a truth I juggled so carelessly with the hands of youth Treasures adolescent spoiled Plundered wealth with no regard Blind to priceless treasures owned Exit treasure forever gone Day’s I ran without the weight of age Seemed endless summer Summer play All down hill past thoughts deep well No time to drink Though parents yell Skipping stone this young boys song Fresh pond Young life No wakes have yet descended upon Decisions made for pleaser only To elusive to be trapped by lonely Deaf as elders babble warning Blind to tides in change Curtain falls Orchestra stops Eternal play youth is not Place on stage not where you thought The lines that once flowed like blood through veins Sound empty strained Almost tasting Almost sensing Silent moments wasted grieving Almost hearing Almost feeling Almost Almost the same as none I try to warn my growing son Eluding me He is on the run From emotion to emotion Stone to stone Too soon he will understand my concern As the road he travels Becomes not so long To quick comes the final gun To quick the rise of a different sun Youth’s giddy moments glowing Turn your head the moments gone Memories will linger on Howling in the nights loneliest moments Shadows melt under some day’s warnings Heaviness grows Roses turn to weed that choke This new sun finds me faded old Deaf to youth’s blaring song Sometimes nostalgic breezes bring in a drift Shadows ghost ships Essence Enchantments Enchanting Taunting Teasing Without revealing Lyrics owned by young hearts dreaming Dreaming without ceasing Easy for young ones scheming
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