Cj Krieger Poet Prose Poetry

Childhoods End

I have tried
As the years have gone by
To keep the child within me
Alive 
But each year that passes
Tiny bits and peaces
Fall away

You look so young
My friends all say
And as I thank them
I know 
It because the child in me
Still laughed and played

But these days
My life has changed
Now
In my old age years
I have searched myself
Looked everywhere 
In my mind
In my heart
And in my soul
But the child I once knew
Has gone

Late at night
I look at the photographs
That are the stories
Of my life
Each one makes me smile
And for the briefest of moments
The child within smiles
Before vanishing away

You look so young
My friends all say
And as I thank them
I find myself yearning
For those younger years
With but a single wish

Dear God
Help me remember
What it is like
To be a child
Again

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