Crossing the Line
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Crossing The Line
David J Walker
There is a line and
There was a time
when they were
Kids like us
Singing clapping praying eating sleeping waiting
Waiting
Waiting
Waiting
For whatever comes
In the coming day
Waiting
Praying
Smiling
Saying
The things they thought they were saying
50 years before and
A million tears before
The tapestry so clear before
It blurred
Maybe it burned in a fire
With those lost important papers and pictures
The property of the proprietor
posting rewards
For their return
But they are gone forever
There was a time when they were
Hopeful for a reward-full
Life
Faith
Charity
Man and wife
And children who would remember
As they move beyond
This daily strive
There is a line
That cannot be crossed
Before its time
Copyright © David Walker | Year Posted 2022
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