FOR THE MEMORY
I loved you once
When youth was fresh
Without the rasp of smoke
In your voice
Back when time was mine
Before all of the pages
Were filled by life
I loved you once
Now the book unfurls
Toward the epitaph
Of my hours and I
Can never return
I loved you once
Copyright © William HAYNES | Year Posted 2025
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