Dedication To a New Friend
DEDICATED TO
A NEW FRIEND
when i was young
times were different
good times came
in the form of
the games we played
games forgotten
of yesterday
stick ball
on brooklyn streets
battle tops
and flying pidgeons
watching as i pushed
my birds to heights
where one day
i hope'd to go
watching as the would
leave my sight
only to return home
minutes later
its a cycle
we rest where our hearts
find peace
we sleep
where we find warmth
in the comfort
of loving arms
at times
things were hard
yet i found laughter
to chase tears away
i found love
it too ran away
i found myself
and again ran away
looking at who i was
being reminded daily
by those around me
that when one destroys
he is taking away
from anothers labor
at that point
i realized
i was not a soldier
but an ignorant child
never being taught
the right way
never seeing things
from the view
of others
then came the change
in age in life
in view in thinking
in who i was
now it is i
who embrace
i who show the love
i who share
for it is better
to have lived
and far better
to have laughter
over the tears
DAVID SANDERS 01.13.2015
Copyright © David Sanders | Year Posted 2015
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