Shadows of the Past

A child in time Innocence was not youth, innocence was the times We all sat at the dinner table Discussions were lively, as adult’s sipped wine That old Volkswagen, a trunk of memories Now sitting in the graveyard of old rusty cars Wishing for shinier days, and a fresh cold coca cola Frozen in my mind, rusty bumpers, forever a time to cherish Some dreamed of voyages to space I dreamed of far away meadows Where nothing ever changed Childhoods magically suspended in time Let me say, time is no ones friend We spend it easily in our youth We treasure it like frankincense with each passing day Love captures our hearts, will time let it stay? We see the world around us die Knowing this is nature’s way Pain, as loved ones fade Wither away, as we linger on Day after day The same questions float in my head Why do things have to change? Am I not better off dead? Love is bound by tears of the heart A soft kiss or eyes that speak in lustful silence It matters not, not at all We must suffer this world as humans do Me, I shall cling to yesterday The days of abundance of spirit and youth I shall dance inside these memories These are the happy shadows of the past