Ray Zottola Poet Couplet

Child-like Ways

Time oh time 
where has thy gone.
Faded memories 
longing to be remembered.

Child-like Ways
Shaped these days,
Casted firmly,  what they wanted you to be.

For hidden within the haze
are those who shaped thy days,
and the time has come to shed 
Child-like Ways.

Alas,
forge what time remains for thee, 
for child-like chains will never set you free,
to be, who, you were meant to be.

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Clifford Villalon July 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM Memories of time are child-like in many ways... even until the senior years where people don't forget to smile and laugh over so many things and events in life. Stay jolly and free! -- Cliff :) Ray Zottola July 21, 2026 at 7:05 AM Appreciate the observation that we should keep some of them. It lightens the spirit, doesn't it? Thanks for the reply, I may extend this poem to include, a child like spirit. Blessings from Z.