In the Light of a Fading Moon

In The Light of a Fading Moon David J Walker Eternity was the first summer after The first grade and the first time You thought the days would never end Eternity was the school clock in the Afternoon waiting for the bell to ring and The unorganized football game to begin Eternity was two weeks before Christmas reviewing Last year’s behavior in the fear Santa might be real And in which ledger did he print your name Eternity was report card day Hoping for the best - fearing the worst And knowing it was too late to challenge fate Eternity was thinking about this girl Whose very presence made you deaf and dumb And afterword the words would finely come but too late Eternity was thinking about 10 years in the future As if life was a bus ride with stops on every block and A different adult to stamp your transfer ticket to continue riding Eternity was that first kiss with a girl As adventurous as you wondering if girls really Wanted to be kissed but you had no one to ask Eternity was standing on a stage receiving your First real diploma that turned into a Mesa The veranda overlooking a baron prairie of the future Eternity comes sooner as 50 years later turns Into single yesterday afternoons with a time limit To fill in the paint by the number memories in The light of a fading moon