Mark the Bird

the last time
I believed in magic
was in the fall

the leaves turned
childhood fading
crispness in the wind

gasps
age ascending
the never or ever
if you're younger
take notes

build on earth 
not sand
the boy becomes the father
the son becomes a man
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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