After All These Years
I looked into her transformed face
Fabric of the unknown years
surrounds her like a thousand tears
A face so pale, of ruthless gray
Betrayed, abandoned by her youth
Not that girl from yesterday....
and seems a ghost of someone else
Our friendship born in childhood,
How young, and carefree we were then
She, with bright eyes, and blond hair that curled
around high cheeks and rosy chin
She was the one who wore a light
Who's charm, and laughter I so admired
The childhood where we would conspire,
and dance in grass till the twilight hours
Where is the face of innocence?
Where is a trace of radiance?
No longer there, not one small glimpse
Where is the girl that I once knew?
Oh, but now inside my heart
I weep and want to change the course
Today, our meeting here, by chance
I see the toll of years that passed.
In my mind, and in my dreams, she had always been
The fair maiden, the one who had held my hand
Two little girls who made such plans
Who sat in the shade beneath the trees
And in the dark we wished on stars.
Those stars have vanished from her eyes,
and smiles have said their last goodbyes
Farewell my friend.....this time I cry
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