David Walker Poet Rhyme

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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

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