Two Children

Two children lost in the wood and snow,
 huddled by a small but tended fire,
 clinging together for warmth and safety,
That was the story of our lives.

Imbedded in the old and tattered photo,
 lay the hidden reality of childhood
 and children sustaining one another
Through years and space and time.

Together in search of finding life's purpose
 it's unattainable answers
 to the question of existence
 the point of journeying together.

Alone as individuals we found the reply
 unremarkable, often lost, misplaced,  
 forgotten and unachieved
due to the circumstances of living life. 

Two children growing up 
  and looking out for one another
  despite the difficulties and the trials
  somehow surviving, surpassing all.

Two children taken by the whirlwinds
 of living and eventually dying
 still bound together through time
 having learned in shared secrecy, the lessons of life.

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